Stone N. The Eastern Front 1914-1917

London: Penguin, 1975. - 351 pgs. This groundbreaking study was the first authoritative account of the Russian Front in the First World War to be published in the West. The battles fought on the Eastern Front were decisive to the course of the war. As well as reconstructing events, Norman Stone explores the factors that influenced their outcome and draws some unexpected conclusions. Dispelling the popular myth of an economically crippled Russia, he argues that the country was, in fact, going through a period of unprecedented economic growth.