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29 mar 2011 · Lieven's riveting narrative sweeps readers through epic battles, tense diplomatic exchanges on which the fate of nations hung, and the rise of Russia from near-ruin to Europe's liberator. Rich in detail, Russia Against Napoleon is a groundbreaking masterwork.
15 kwi 2010 · Based on a fresh examination of Russian military archives, Russia Against Napoleon provides the first-ever history of the period told from the Russian perspective. In Dominic Lieven's account, Russia's victory in 1812 was just the beginning of what would be the longest military campaign in European history, marked by Russia's epic efforts to ...
15 kwi 2010 · A major new history of the Russian conflict immortalized by Tolstoy in War and Peace. Russia's expulsion of Napoleon's Grande Armée in 1812 is considered one of the most dramatic events in...
Dominic Lieven’s Russia against Napo-leon corrects the existing omission by bringing to light Russia’s preparation for and the execution of its involvement in the diplomatic, political, and military struggle against Napoleon from the signing of the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807 until 1814.
The New York Times website (US) features a review of the recent book Russia Against Napoleon: the True Story of the Campaigns of 'War and Peace', witten by Dominic Lieven.
18 cze 2010 · A review on June 20 about “Russia Against Napoleon,” a history by Dominic Lieven, referred incorrectly to the city of Moscow, which the regime of Czar Alexander I abandoned during...
7 kwi 2010 · On June 24, 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte, the master of continental Europe, led nearly half a million men into the depths of Russia to enforce his will upon Czar Alexander I.
