TY - JOUR
AU - Mayer, Arno J.
AB - General sian Bank to be central, a role as much political as economic. This section con­ cludes with a resume and close examination of Russian and Persian commercial statistics for the early years of the twentieth century, together with a critique reminiscent of some of the work of G. N. Clark. There is no index, but one is not necessary. The cited research is excellent (predominantly in older Russian materials), and close scrutiny has turned up only three typographical errors in Russian transliterations. Finally the writing is spritely and disciplined. Entner promises that this is "the first leg of a long trek I plan to take along Russia's nineteenth century Asiatic frontiers, analyzing and describing as I move eastward Tsarist Russia's economic relations with those lands lying over the border." Bon voyage. University of North Carolina C. M. FOUST THE PROUD TOWER: A PORTRAIT OF THE WORLD BEFORE THE WAR, 1890-1914. By Barbara W. Tuchman. (New York: Macmillan Com­ pany. 1966. Pp. xv, 528 . $7'95.) IN her foreword Barbara Tuchman insists that the diplomatic origins of the Great War have been studied to the point of diminishing returns and that, in any case, they "were only the fever 
TI - The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890–1914. By Barbara W. Tuchman. (New York: Macmillan Company. 1966. Pp. xv, 528. $7.95.)
JO - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/71.4.1293
DA - 1966-07-01
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SP - 1293
EP - 1294
VL - 71
IS - 4
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