Beware the rugged Russian bear : British adventurers exposing the Bolsheviks
Ure, John, 1931-2015
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'Russia - is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'. Churchill's words were never truer than when the Russian Revolution developed in 1917 from the orderly abdication of an autocratic Tsar to his barbaric murder, and from the establishment of a moderate government to the seizure of power by violent Bolsheviks. But opinion in the West was slow to grasp the import the what was happening. Everyone knew that Russia was overdue for change, and everybody wanted to keep the new Soviet state as an ally in the war against the Kaiser's Germany. No one seemed aware that a reign of terror unequalled since the French Revolution was gripping a nation the size of a continent. It was left to a handful of British adventurers to lift the curtain on this troubled and bloody scene. John Ure brings their stories to life.
Main title:
Beware the rugged Russian bear : British adventurers exposing the Bolsheviks / John Ure ; illustrations by Toby Ward.
Author:
Ure, John, 1931-, author
Imprint:
London : Old St, 2015.
Collation:
254 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781908699589 (hbk)
Dewey class:
947.084947.0841
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1886749