To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 – A New York Times Bestselling History of WWI Critics and Heroes

by Adam Hochschild

Tsar Nicholas II waffled, issuing contradictory orders, now for full mobilization, now for partial mobilization. Trying to halt the momentum toward war, he exchanged telegrams with the Kaiser—in English, which they both spoke fluently.