Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921

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The book is a masterpiece The SpectatorA gripping narrative history of one of the most complex episodes in modern Russian history Sunday TimesAntony Beevors Russia is a masterpiece of history Daily TelegraphBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotskys Red Army and Lenins single-minded Communist dictatorship. Terror begat terror, which in turn led to even greater cruelty with mans inhumanity to man, woman and child. The struggle became a world war by proxy as Churchill deployed weaponry and troops from the British empire, while armed forces from the United States, France, Italy, Japan, Poland and Czechoslovakia played rival...
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