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Russian sideshow : America's undeclared war, 1918-1920 / Robert L. Willett.
Van Pelt Library DK265.42.U5 W55 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Willett, Robert L., 1926-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Soviet Union--History--Allied intervention, 1918-1920.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Participation, American.
- Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Personal narratives, American.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, [2003]
- Summary:
- Chronicles America's participation in two failed revolutions to defeat the Bolshevik's at the end of WWI.
- Contents:
- Part I North Russia
- 1 The Early Days in Murmansk 3
- 2 Force B
- Archangel 10
- 3 The 339th Takes Shape 17
- 4 The Americans Land in Archangel 24
- 5 The Railroad Front 31
- 6 The Onega Front 48
- 7 The Emtsa/Seletskoye Front 60
- 8 The Dvina Front 75
- 9 The Vaga Front 90
- 10 The Pinega Front 102
- 11 In Archangel 113
- 12 The Murmansk Railroad Companies 131
- 13 The Withdrawal 139
- 14 Aftermath 149
- Part II Siberia
- 15 The Russian Railroad Story 153
- 16 Vladivostok and the Navy 162
- 17 The AEFS Assembles 165
- 18 The Early Days in Siberia 171
- 19 General Graves Arrives in Russia 177
- 20 Life in Siberia 191
- 21 Spring Comes to Siberia 205
- 22 The Battles Begin 218
- 23 The Suchan Valley 232
- 24 Elsewhere in Siberia
- 1919 239
- 25 The American Red Cross 251
- 26 The Exodus
- 1920 257.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-309) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1574884298
- OCLC:
- 51779620
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