A nasty little war
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The extraordinary story of how the West tried to reverse the Russian Revolution.
'Chillingly original' Max Hastings
'Brilliantly depicts a disastrous failure' Antony Beevor
'Witty and elegant . . . Excellent background to today's events' Anne Applebaum
'Britain's most forgotten war, brilliantly remembered' Simon Jenkins
'Vivid and remarkably timely' Martin Sixsmith
From the bestselling author of Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine
The extraordinary story of the West's intervention into the Russian Civil War
In the closing months of the First World War, Britain, America, France and Japan sent 180,000 soldiers to revolutionary Russia, in a doomed attempt to unseat the Bolsheviks. Entangled in what they termed a 'comic opera' conflict, they crisscrossed the shattered empire in sleds, trains and paddlesteamers, bivouacked in log cabins and felt yurts, torpedoed warships from speedboats, improvised the world's first air-dropped chemical weapons, and organised several coups and at least one assassination. Cheered on by Churchill, they also turned a blind eye to their Russian allies' many atrocities.
Two years later, as the Red Army swept the board, the West evacuated, leaving Russia more blood-stained and suspicious than ever. A Nasty Little War brings this forgotten misadventure vividly to life.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 18 juli 2024
Hoofdauteur: Anna Reid
Hoofduitgeverij: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Product breedte: 128 mm
Product hoogte: 30 mm
Product lengte: 196 mm
Verpakking breedte: 128 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 30 mm
Verpakking lengte: 196 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 280 g
EAN: 9781529326789