Dominic Lieven

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Dominic Lieven is Professor of Russian studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Fellow of the British Academy[1][2]and of Trinity College, Cambridge. He is the elder brother of Anatol Lieven, and a brother of Elena Lieven.

Education

Dominic Lieven graduated first in the class of 1973 in History from Cambridge University and was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard in 1973/4.

Russian Government and Empire

Lieven is seen by some as an authority on Russian history and post-Soviet politics and on Empire and European history, notably in the areas of comparative imperial history, problems of political stability on the European periphery from 1860-1939 and Russia's confrontation with Napoleon 1807-14.[3]

Key Publications

His main works include:

  • Russia and the Origins of the First World War, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1983).
  • Russia's Rulers under the Old Regime, Yale U.P (1989).
  • The Aristocracy in Europe 1815/1914, Macmillan/Columbia UP (1992).
  • Nicholas II, John Murray/St Martin's Press (1993).
  • Empire. The Russian Empire and its Rivals, John Murray/Yale U.P (2003).
  • Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814. (2009)[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ LSE Research and Expertise
  2. ↑ Harvard University
  3. ↑ Academia Rossica
  4. ↑ The Bear Against The Cockrel, Charles Esdaile, 2009, published in the Literary Review
  5. ↑ [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Mazower-t.html?ref=books, ‘War and Peace’: The Fact-Check], Mark Mazower, 2010, published in the New York Times

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