- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Birlinn Ltd; illustrated edition edition (5 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843410249
- ISBN-13: 978-1843410249
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 750,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is not simply the story of that collapse and the vast panorama of rebellion and marching armies which accompanied it, but of the painful and costly reconstruction of Russian power under a Soviet regime within shrunken borders. For Russia the catastrophe was terrible. The Civil War cost her between seven and ten million dead - four times her casualties in the First World War. She had lost Poland, Finland, the Baltic States and for a time seemed as if she would lose the Transcaucasia as well. She knew she was opposed by Britain, America and Japan. The result was a suspicious, aggrieved and paranoid power desperate for revenge and the return of the lost lands. Meticulously argued and powerfully written, this is not simply the story of a long-forgotten war, but the terrible warning of what happens when a great country implodes and collapses. The Russian Civil War shaped the mentality of the Soviet regime more than any other event in its history. The infant Soviet regime faced large 'White' armies of anti-Communist Russians, Anarchist mutineers, break-away nationalist minorities and invading armies from most of the major powers of the First World War. The murderous civil war with huge casualties left the Soviets with a lasting mistrust of the outside world that remained in force until the end of the regime 65 years later. The Russian Civil War has an extensive bibliography has been updated to include numerous works written since the collapse of Communism.
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Evan Mawdsley is a professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow, where he specialises in war in the modern ages, in particular Soviet studies. Other books written by him include Stalin Years: The Soviet Union 1929 - 1953 (Manchester University Press, 1998) and Moscow & Leningrad (Benn, 1980).
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I wish I'd had this when I did my degree. It puts a potentially complicated topic into perspective and leaves you to follow up on the areas of most interest. A very useful work.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This book is very interesting read. It commences in 1917, with the collapse of the Tsarist regime, and continues to the end of the Civil War, with the defeat of the 'Whites' in 1920. It is very informative, and gives a detailed account of the various campaigns by both sides, over vast areas of the country. It also details the politics and internal workings of both the 'Whites' and the 'Reds', and the factors that ultimately led to the Bolshevik victory.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Had the fortune to have had Evan Maudsley as a tutor last year who whetted my appetite for Russian history. This is a wonderfull book on the Civil War and tells you all you will ever need to know.
I doubt there is a better book on the subject written.
I doubt there is a better book on the subject written.
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