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Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), Russia, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
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John Murray
- Paperback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781529326789 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
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John Murray
- Paperback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781529326789 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Nov 14, 2023 | 9781529326772 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Feb 13, 2024 | 9781529326765 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 9, 2023 | 9781529326796 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Nov 9, 2023 | 9781529326802 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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John Murray
- Paperback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781529326789 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Nov 14, 2023 | 9781529326772 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Feb 13, 2024 | 9781529326765 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 9, 2023 | 9781529326796 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Nov 9, 2023 | 9781529326802 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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John Murray
- Paperback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781529326789 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Nov 14, 2023 | 9781529326772 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Feb 13, 2024 | 9781529326765 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 9, 2023 | 9781529326796 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Nov 9, 2023 | 9781529326802 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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John Murray
- Paperback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781529326789 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Nov 14, 2023 | 9781529326772 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Feb 13, 2024 | 9781529326765 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 9, 2023 | 9781529326796 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Nov 9, 2023 | 9781529326802 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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The extraordinary story of how the West tried to reverse the Russian Revolution.
'Chillingly original' Max Hastings 'Brilliantly depicts a disastrous failure' Antony Beevor
'Witty and elegant . . . Excellent background to today's events' Anne Applebaum
'Britain's most forgotten war, brilliantly remembered' Simon Jenkins
'Vivid and remarkably timely' Martin Sixsmith
From the bestselling author of Borderland: A Journey Through the History of UkraineThe extraordinary story of the West's intervention into the Russian Civil War
In the closing months of the First World War, Britain, America, France and Japan sent 180,000 soldiers to revolutionary Russia, in a doomed attempt to unseat the Bolsheviks. Entangled in what they termed a 'comic opera' conflict, they crisscrossed the shattered empire in sleds, trains and paddlesteamers, bivouacked in log cabins and felt yurts, torpedoed warships from speedboats, improvised the world's first air-dropped chemical weapons, and organised several coups and at least one assassination. Cheered on by Churchill, they also turned a blind eye to their Russian allies' many atrocities.
Two years later, as the Red Army swept the board, the West evacuated, leaving Russia more blood-stained and suspicious than ever. A Nasty Little War brings this forgotten misadventure vividly to life.
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Praise for A Nasty Little War: The West's Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution
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Reid brilliantly depicts the disastrous failure of our intervention in the "Russian" civil war. The atmosphere, the characters, the absurdity are all there
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In witty, elegant prose, Anna Reid uncovers the true story of the West's failed and forgotten attempt to reverse the Bolshevik revolution. Excellent background to today's events
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Britain's most forgotten war, brilliantly remembered
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Reid brings this little-known period thrillingly back to life . . . A vivid and sparkling account, full of colour and dark drama
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Chillingly original
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Elegantly written, and drawing on extensive archival research . . . This remarkable book is simultaneously comic and horrifying
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Unusually entertaining
Anna Reid
Anna Reid was born in 1965. She read law at Magdalen College, Oxford, and took a master's degree in Russian history and reform economics from London University's School of Slavonic and East European Studies. She lived in Ukraine from 1993 to 1995 where she was the Kiev correspondent for the ECONOMIST and the DAILY TELEGRAPH. She has also written for the FINANCIAL TIMES and SPECTATOR.
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