The Brusilov Offensive (Twentieth-Century Battles) | 
 enlarge | Author: Timothy C. Dowling
Publisher: Indiana University Press
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Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0253351308
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.4275
EAN: 9780253351302
ASIN: 0253351308
Publication Date: May 2008
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Book Description
In the summer of 1915, the Central Powers launched an offensive on the Eastern Front that they hoped would decide the war. It did not, of course. In June 1916, an Allied army under the command of Aleksei A. Brusilov decimated the Central Powers' gains of 1915. Brusilov's success brought Romania into the war, extinguished the offensive ability of the Habsburg armies, and forced Austria-Hungary into military dependence on and political subservience to Germany. The results were astonishing in military terms, but the political consequences were perhaps even more significant. More than any other action, the Brusilov Offensive brought the Habsburg Empire to the brink of a separate peace, while creating conditions for revolution within the Russian Imperial Army. Timothy C. Dowling tells the story of this important but little-known battle in the military and political history of the Eastern Front.
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Excellent treatise - but want more June 13, 2008
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This is another fine book by Dowling. The constraints imposed on the author by the paucity of good sources leads the volume to be a little light and leaves the reader wanting more detail. Unfortunately, this deficiency may or may not be corrected in the future. It was impossible to follow the action at the corps or division level, and the treatment of casualties was sketchy due in a large part, no doubt, to a lack of good data. My biggest complaint, however, was the lack of detail maps. Many times towns were referenced that were not on any of the maps, and dispositions were not shown below the Army level. Nonetheless, this book is well worth the cost, particularly for covering the conflicts within the German, Habsburg, and Russian high commands.
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