title: The Russo-Turkish War, 1768–1774: Catherine II and the Ottoman Empire
abstract: In The Russo-Turkish War, 1768–1774, Brian L. Davies continues his exploration of the political consolidation of the Pontic Steppe in the early modern era. In contrast with his previous book, Empire and Military Revolution in Eastern Europe: Russia's Turkish Wars in the Eighteenth Century, The Russo-Turkish War narrows its focus to a single conflict: the Russo-Turkish War of 1768. Davies views this neglected war as a critical moment in the political reorganization of the Russian-Ottoman borderla
journal: Mediterranean Studies