All the tsar's men: Russia's General Staff and the fate of the empire, 1898 - 1914
Military professionals and professionalism in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century -- The education of the Russian General Staff, 1898-1904 -- The training of the Imperial Russian Army, 1898-1904 -- The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 -- Reform plans and the politics of reforming the Imperial Army, 1905-1914 -- The drive toward a unified military doctrine -- Maneuvers, war games, and staff rides, 1905-1914 -- Appendix: Russian General Staff officers in 1914 : a prosopographic study