By: Willett Jr., Robert L.
Price: $10.00
Publisher:
Potomac Books: May 2005
Seller ID: 24594
ISBN: 1574887068
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Used - Very Good
In July 1918, as the carnage of World War I continued, President Woodrow Wilson deployed U.S. troops to join other Allied forces in civil war-ravaged Russia. Ostensibly a mission to guard tsarist military supplies and the Trans-Siberian Railroad, the true purpose of the Allied intervention was to help topple the nascent Bolshevik government. Dispatched to some of the most remote regions of the Russian wilderness - from the frigid port city of Archangel to Lake Baikal to Vladivostok - the U.S. troops encountered fierce resistance from Red army units, partisans, and peasants. Using previously cl...
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