This is Nick Lloyd’s new book, it will make my best non-fiction list of the year. The reviews are very strong and you can either pre-order and waitOr order it from the UKor buy it on site the excellent Hedengrens bookstore in Stockholm. Here is a small excerpt:
As always in the Russian army, quarrels between generals quickly surfaced.
A bit later:
This lack of cooperation within the Russian high command would seriously harm its operations throughout the war, preventing Russia from deploying its full forces and forcing its commanders to spend valuable time bickering among themselves.
About a third of the text of the book:
Tsar Nicholas II had made a momentous decision: to take direct command of the Russian armies.
How it started… how it’s going…
