Ebook: The reformer: how one liberal fought to preempt the Russian Revolution

Introduction: why Maklakov? -- Origins of a public figure -- Scapegrace and scholar -- Trial lawyer -- Friends and lovers -- A radical tide -- Into politics -- A constitution for Russia? -- The first Duma: take-off and crash landing -- The second Duma: challenging Stolypin, engaging Stolypin -- Reform in the third and fourth Dumas -- The third and fourth Dumas and Maklakov's fight against government arbitrariness -- Religious liberty -- National minorities -- Judicial reform, citizen remedies -- Peasant rights -- Reforms and reform: an appraisal -- The slide toward revolution -- National liberals -- War; and the mad chauffeur -- The killing of Rasputin -- February 1917 -- In the maelstrom; the Liberals in office -- Postlude -- Exile -- Coda: The rule of law as the thin end of the wedge -- Abbreviations -- Appendix A. Glossary -- Appendix B. Chronology -- Appendix C. Ministerial turnover, 1915-1917.