Stone Norman. The Eastern Front 1914-1917

Penguin, 2004Norman Stone's important book is the first authoritative account of the Russian Front to be published in the West. Churchill called the Eastern Front 'the unknown war' and there is still no Soviet official history of the army's role during the First World War.
It was in the East, with Russia in turmoil, that many decisive engagements took place. Norman stone believes that 'the outcome of the battles was dictated by factors that do not always figure in works of military history'. Using a wide range of sources from European and American research centers, he describes the battles of the Eastern Front. Tannenberg, Austria-Hungary's entry into the war, the Russian retreat in the summer of 1915, the role of Lundendorff, the Brusilov offensive - all are carefully examined and substantially reinterpreted.