The Fall of the Dynasties: The Collapse of the Old Order: 1905-1922

by Edmond Taylor

leading to war and war leading to revolutions, of peace still-born, of hopes once more aroused and again betrayed, of vast regressions, of one small, halting step forward. The advance may seem a feeble one to counterbalance so much tragic relapse, but the same no doubt could have been said of nearly every step that has