Full name: Red Victory: A History of the Russian Civil War

Author: W. Bruce Lincoln Year: 1959 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780306809095 0306809095

Shortly after withdrawing from World War I, Russia descended into a bitter civil war unprecedented for its savagery: epidemics, battles, mass executions, forced labor, and famine claimed millions of lives. From 1918 to 1921, through great cities and tiny villages, across untouched forests and vast frozen wasteland, the Bolshevik "Reds" fought the anti-Communist Whites and their Allies (fourteen foreign countries contributed weapons, money, and troops--including 20,000 American soldiers). This landmark history re-creates the epic conflict that transformed Russia from the Empire of the Tsars into the Empire of the Commissars, while never losing sight of the horrifying human cost. Similar books: Former People by Douglas Smith The Russian Revolution by Sheila Fitzpatrick Black Night, White Snow by Harrison E. Salisbury A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes The Shadow of the Winter Palace by Edward Crankshaw Russia and the Russians by Geoffrey Hosking Red Mutiny by Neal Bascomb Red Fortress by Catherine Merridale A History of Modern Russia by Robert Service Russia by Martin Sixsmith The Romanovs by W. Bruce Lincoln The Russian Revolution by Alan Moorehead The Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes A History of Russia by Nicholas V. Riasanovsky The Russian Revolution by Sean McMeekin October by China Mieville Dead Wake by Erik Larson One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer