The Russian Civil War 1918-22

The Russian Civil War was the most important event of its kind in the
20th century. It changed the lives of over half a billion people and
dramatically shaped the political, human and economic geography of
Europe, the Far East and Central Asia. Over a tempestuous four-year
period the Communist Red Army and the loosely formed, anti-Bolshevist
White Army battled in a war that would totally transform the vast
Eurasian heartland and lead to Communist revolutions worldwide as well
as the Cold War. David Bullock offers a fresh perspective on this
conflict, examining the forces of both sides, the intervention of
non-Russian forces, including American, Canadian, British, and Japanese
troops, and the involvement of female soldiers and partisans.
The
military story of massed infantry and cavalry actions, mechanized
warfare with tanks, armored cars and trains, and air combat, all along
rapidly shifting fronts, is told against the incredible backdrop of
political and social revolution. It is an account that is interwoven
with tragedy - 30 million people died during the Civil War - and the
author skillfully places the battles in the context of human suffering
as he explores the cruel sacrifice of a huge population on the altar of
political power.
The absorbing text includes dramatic first-hand
accounts, and is vividly illustrated with carefully selected previously
unpublished photographs. This new insight into history's most
significant civil war, which began 90 years ago, will be welcomed by all
students of history seeking a compact account of the conflict that
brought into being a new superpower - the USSR - and its threatening
ideology.