TY - BOOK AU - Bobroff,Ronald ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Roads to glory: late imperial Russia and the Turkish Straits AV - D372 .B63 2006eb U1 - 949.6 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London, New York PB - I.B. Tauris KW - Sazonov, Sergeĭ Dmitrievich, KW - Straits question KW - Turkish Straits (Turkey) KW - Strategic aspects KW - Russia KW - Foreign relations KW - 1894-1917 KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Duke University, 2000; Includes bibliographical references and index; Stolypin and a policy of avoiding confrontation, 1908 to March 1911 -- Policy drift and the Italo-Turkish War, March 1911 to October 1912 -- The Balkan Wars: choosing between the Balkan States and the Straits, 1912-1913 -- Turkish naval expansion and the Liman von Sanders Crisis, March 1912 to July 1914 -- War deferred: diplomacy dominant during Turkish neutrality, July 1914 to October 1914 -- War engaged: allied and domestic disputes over the fate of Constantinople and the Straits, November 1914 to July 1916 -- Conclusion: a Russian tragedy; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10156501 ER -