Icebreakers in Anglo-Russian Relations (1914-21)

Foreign supply to Russia in the First World War is familiar terrain, but although the present paper engages to some degree with the military, diplomatic, and especially economic aspects of the subject, its primary affiliations lie elsewhere. Its principal purpose is to discuss the icebreakers on whi...

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Published inInternational history review Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 814 - 829
Main Author Saunders, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto Routledge 07.08.2016
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Britain
Diplomacy
Economic conditions
First World War
Historical analysis
International relations
Military history
Military studies
Russia
World War I
Russia-pre-1917
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Summary:Foreign supply to Russia in the First World War is familiar terrain, but although the present paper engages to some degree with the military, diplomatic, and especially economic aspects of the subject, its primary affiliations lie elsewhere. Its principal purpose is to discuss the icebreakers on which it concentrates not only just before but also just after Russia's withdrawal from the First World War, with a view to contrasting the first phase of the ships' history with the second and so highlighting the perennially ambivalent character of the Anglo-Russian relationship. On the way, it touches on questions of geography, English local history, environmental history, the history of technology, and, even, towards the end, Russian literary history.
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ISSN:0707-5332
1949-6540
DOI:10.1080/07075332.2015.1105277