Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tomaszewski, Fiona K., 1963– A great Russia : Russia and the Triple Entente, 1905–1914 / Fiona K. Tomaszewski. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–275–97366–2 (alk. paper) 1. Russia—Politics and government—1894–1917. 2. Triple Entente, 1907. I. Title. DK262.T63 2002 327.47041′09′041—dc21 2001053083 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2002 by Fiona K. Tomaszewski All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001053083 ISBN: 0-275-97366-2 First published in 2002 Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.praeger.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Copyright Acknowledgments The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for use of the following material: Chapter 2 originally appeared as “Pomp, Circumstance and Realpolitik: The Evolution of the Triple Entente of Russia, Great Britain and France,” in Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 47 (1999), pp. 362–80. Used by permission. Chapter 6 originally appeared as “The Tsarist Regime’s Manipulation of Public Opinion in Great Britain and France, 1906–1914,” in Russian History/Histoire Russe 24 no. 3 (fall 1997), pp. 279–300. Used by permission. -iv- |