Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921

The Russian revolutions of 1917 and ensuing civil war set in motion events that are still resonating in the country today. Accessing a vast range of sources, including accounts by famine survivors, Bolshevik veterans and White Army officers, Beevor details how the alliance of reactionary monarchists and moderate socialists failed to stop the ascent of the Soviets, with their promise of peace, land and bread for the people.