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Mcmeekin further argues that the military focus on polish lands was not only another longstanding desire of tsarist expansion. Kauffman, jesse, the russian origins of the first world war, by sean mcmeekin. Review by jesse kauffman, eastern michigan university 2012. Sean mcmeekin is professor of history at bard college in annandaleonhudson, n. Sean mcmeekin forwards a strong thesis supported by two pillars. The russian origins of the first world war sean mcmeekin. Sean mcmeekin is assistant professor of international relations at bilkent university in turkey. Frary on mcmeekin, the russian origins of the first world war h.

This, he says, was the central focal point of all of russia s other international interestseven its willingness to fight a war against germany and austrohungary in eastern europe. The russian origins of the first world war on jstor. Description of the book the russian origins of the first world war. The first is that control of the middle east was the main issue of the great war. The russian revolution by sean mcmeekin, 9781781259023, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Since world war ii, germany has been viewed as the primary culprit. Instead, he proposes that the key to the outbreak of violence. World war i, he writes, could very easily be labeled the war of the ottoman succession p. In a major reinterpretation, sean mcmeekin rejects the standard notion of the wars beginning as either a germanoaustrian preemptive strike. In a major reinterpretation, sean mcmeekin rejects the standard notion of the war s beginning as either a germanoaustrian preemptive strike or a miscalculation.

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Sean mcmeekin challenges these assumptions with the russian origins of the first world war, proposing russia as the driving force in the. Sean mcmeekin, assistant professor of international relations at bilkent university in turkey, helps correct this blindness with a compelling and. The russian origins of the first world war book description. King and others published the russian origins of the first world war.