From Victoria to Vladivostok : Canada's Siberian Expedition, 1917-19 / Benjamin Isitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isitt, Benjamin, 1978-

Series:

Studies in Canadian military history, 1449-6251.

Studies in Canadian military history, 1449-6251

Studies in Canadian Military History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--Canada--History--20th century.

Labor movement.

Soviet Union--History--Allied intervention, 1918-1920--Participation, Canadian.

Soviet Union.

Vladivostok (Russia)--History--20th century.

Vladivostok (Russia).

Siberia (Russia)--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

Siberia (Russia).

Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia)--History.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This highly readable and provocative book brings to life a forgotten chapter in the history of Canada and Russia-the journey of 4,200 Canadian soldiers from Victoria to Vladivostok in 1918 to help defeat Bolshevism. It illuminates how the Siberian Expedition exacerbated tensions within Canadian society at a time when a radicalized working class, many French-Canadians, and even the soldiers themselves objected to a military adventure designed to counter the Russian Revolution."--Jacket.

Contents:

Why Siberia?

Canada's road to Siberia. 1917 : a breach in the Allied front ; Vladivostok : 1917 ; The road to intervention ; Mobilization ; Departure day

Vladivostok and back. Vladivostok : 1919 ; "Up country" and evacuation ; Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-77787-7

9786613688262

0-7748-1803-4

OCLC:

799730632