This is the first overview in English of the rise of the armed forces in Russia.Kagan and Higham and both renowned military historians. They have brought together leading writers from the academic, military, and security communities. There is no comparable volume covering this period in Russian military history.This is the first overview in English of the rise of the armed forces in Russia, from the Muscovite army of the fifteenth century through the Napoleon in 1812-1815. The essays also highlight the ideological conflict between Westernization and Russiafication, and the revolution that brought down the Romanovs in 1917.