The Allied Intervention in Russia, 1918-1920: The Diplomacy of Chaos

by I. Moffat

Overview

This work explores the reasons for the Allied intervention into Russia at the end of the Great War and examines the military, diplomatic and political chaos that resulted in the failure of the Allies and White Russians to defeat the Bolshevik Revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349493241
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	317
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Moffat is a retired Canadian Naval officer with over forty years in uniform. He was part of the planning staff for the RCN and commanded the NATO Counter IED Training group in Afghanistan. He has a PhD in War Studies and specialises in International Relations, British, Canadian and Russian military history and the Great War. He has published papers on Military Ethics, Naval Strategist Julian Corbett and Canadian civil-military relations in the inter-war years.

Table of Contents

List of Images List of Maps Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Year of Crisis – 1917 3. Stalled Intervention – North, South, East and West 4. American-Japanese Rivalry in Siberia 5. The Allies Act – Murmansk and Archangel 6. Too Few, Too Late – The Caucasus, the North and Siberia – Summer 1918 7. Disaster for the Misunderstood – Anti-Bolshevik Support in North Russia – August to November 1918 8. Friends or Enemies Together? Allies in Siberia – Summer 1918 9. Dying in Russia while others Debate – October 1918 – January 1919 10. Vision Versus Reality: The Paris Peace Conference and Russia – January to February 1919 11. Retreat, Abandonment and Bolshevik Victory – February to April 1919 12. Allied Evacuation and White Victories – March to June 1919 13. Allied Retreat and White Defeat – May to October 1919 14. Red Triumph and White Humiliation – July 1919 to November 1920 15. Conclusion Annex Bibliography Index