The majority of the articles assembled in this volume reflect social-historical methodology, which is used to show the relationship between the tsarist army and society while focusing on the Russian historical experience

Contents: Introduction. Part I The Napoleonic and Post-Napoleonic Years, 1796-1855: Military justice and social relations in the prereform army, 1796-1855, Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter; The mutiny of the Semenovsky regiment, Joseph L. Wieczynski; The Russian military colonies, 1810-31, Richard E. Pipes; The army of Nicholas I: its role and character, John Shelton Curtiss; The Russian army's use of Balkan irregulars during the 1828-29 Russo-Turkish War, Alexander Bitis. Part II Post-Crimean War to the Eve of the First World War, 1856-1914: Reform in the Russian army, 1856-61, E. Willis Brooks; Subject nationalities in the military service of imperial Russia: the case of the Bashkirs, Robert F. Baumann; Peasants in uniform: the Tsarist army as a peasant society, John Bushnell; Russian officer training in the 1860s-70s: the Helsinki Yunker school, J.E.O. Screen; The Tsarist officer corps, 1881-1914: customs, duties, inefficiency, John Bushnell; Russian officer corps before the revolution: the military mind, Peter Kenez; The formation of the Russian general staff, 1880-1917: a social study, Matitiahu Mayzel; Alcoholism in the Russian military: the public sphere and the temperance discourse, 1883-1917, George E. Snow; A pioneer of Russian strategic thought: G.A. Leer, 1829-1904, Peter Von Wahlde; The revolution of 1905-06 in the army: the incidence and impact of mutiny, John Bushnell. Part III World War and Revolutions: The Russian mobilisation in 1914, L.C.F. Turner; Changes in the social composition of the officer corps during World War I, Peter Kenez; The imperial Russian Life Guards Grenadier Regiment, 1906-17: the disintegration of an elite unit, David R. Jones; The February revolution in the Russian army, Allan Wildman; The Russian soldier in 1917: undisciplined, patriotic, and revolutionary, Marc Ferro; The Russian general staff and the June 1917 offensive, Robert S. Feldman; The officers and the October Revolution, David R. Jones. Part I