In War's Dark Shadow: The Russians before the Great War (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies) - Softcover

"An exemplary popular history, a work which is at once erudite, readable, and persuasive.... Lincoln's work gives a multisided portrait of the Russian people at the most critical moment of their modern history." --Slavic Review "A vivid, dramatic, and authoritative account of the societal clashes and contradictions that made the revolution of 1917 inevitable.... [Lincoln] makes history not only vivid but accessible."--Chicago Tribune Bookworld "Lincoln has written a work of huge scope and astounding erudition."--Los Angeles Times

This is the story of the Russian people's entry into the 20th century. It concentrates specifically on the 25 years before the outbreak of World War I.