{"product_id":"warfare-state-and-society-on-brian-davies-9780415239868","title":"Warfare, State and Society on the Black Sea Steppe, 1500-1700","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis crucial period in Russia's history has, up until now, been neglected by historians, but here Brian L. Davies' study provides an essential insight into the emergence of Russia as a great power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor nearly three centuries, Russia vied with the Crimean Khanate, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire for mastery of the Ukraine and the fertile steppes above the Black Sea, a region of great strategic and economic importance - arguably the pivot of Eurasia at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe long campaign took a great toll upon Russia's population, economy and institutions, and repeatedly frustrated or redefined Russian military and diplomatic projects in the West. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe struggle was every bit as important as Russia's wars in northern and central Europe for driving the Russian state-building process, forcing military reform and shaping Russia's visions of Empire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415239869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415239868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.59d","brand":"Brian Davies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159199609087,"sku":"9780415239868","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a4bf1e8-d75e-4918-9f83-1a90bb62fef2.jpg?v=1689081199","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/warfare-state-and-society-on-brian-davies-9780415239868","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}