Russia's First World War: A Social and Economic History

Gatrell looks at the First World War in Russia for its own sake, not just as the seedbed of the Revolution. He establishes the impact of war on privileged and plebeian groups in Russian society, and on displaced persons, focusing on society and economy in the three years that preceded the Russian revolution.  In Russia’s First World War: A Social and Economic History Peter Gatrell shows that that war is itself ‘revolutionary’ – rupturing established social and economic ties, but also creating new social and economic relationships, affiliations, practices and opportunities.