The Russian Civil War is the most important civil war of the 20th century, changing the lives of over half a billion people and dramatically shaping the geography of Europe, the Far East and Asia. Over a four-year period 20 countries battled in a crucible that would give birth to Communist revolutions worldwide and the Cold War. David Bullock offers a fresh perspective on this conflict, examining the forces involved, as well as the fascinating intervention by Allied forces. At the dawn of modern war, as cavalry duelled with tanks, aircraft, and armoured trains along shifting fronts, this title tells a military story enacted against a backdrop of political and social revolution and within the context of immense human loss. The reader cannot fail to be moved by the rare photographs and illustrations that make this history come alive.
Author(s): David Bullock
Series: Essential Histories 69
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 144
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY
BACKGROUND TO WAR The October Revolution
WARRING SIDES An Empire Divided
The Whites
The Reds, the Blacks, the Greens
OUTBREAK 1918
Red consolidation
First resistance: the Volunteer Army
Second Kuban Campaign
The Don Cossacks
The Ukraine
Eastern Front
Red baptism of fire
THE FIGHTING 1919
Kolchak's offensive
The Ukraine
The offensive for Petrograd
The Armed Forces of South Russia
The Moscow Directive
Red crucible
PORTRAIT OF A SOLDIER The Black Guards
THE WORLD AROUND WAR Allied intervention
The Allies in Siberia
The Finnish Civil War and intervention in North Russia
The Baltic
The Allies in South Russia
The end of intervention
PORTRAIT OF A CIVILIAN Women in the Russian Civil War
HOW THE WAR ENDED 1920-22
Destruction of the AFSR
Last stand of the Whites
The end in the Far East
The Ukraine
Red dawn
Consolidation and the Second Civil War, 1921-22
CONCLUSION AND CONSEQUENCES A Century Redrawn
INDEX
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