For background consistent with the overall theme of this post, I'd strongly recommend Solzhenitsyn's "The Red Wheel" [0], and especially the first volume, "Augu

For background consistent with the overall theme of this post, I'd strongly recommend Solzhenitsyn's "The Red Wheel" [0], and especially the first volume, "August 1914" (1984 edition). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Wheel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Wheel