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1 online resource (611 pages) |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 London & Siberia: the coup d'état at Omsk; 2 The Russian theatres: preparations for war; 3 Peacemaking: the Prinkipo proposal; 4 War or Peace: Churchill's proposal; 5 Russian policy: London, Washington, Paris & Odessa; 6 The Russian theatres: Churchill's unanswered letter; 7 War & Peace: Kolchak's advance & Bullitt's mission; 8 The French debacle at Odessa; 9 The House of Commons: Lloyd George denies Bullitt; 10 The War Office & Archangel: no second Odessa |
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11 The Golovin plan: the Baltic spring offensive12 Kolchak & the Allies: quasi-recognition; 13 South Russia: Denikin at Kharkov & Tsaritsin; 14 The Baltic: the British Squadron & the Russian Northern Corps; 15 North Russia: Kotlas & the Dvina river; 16 The Kotlas Operation: mutiny & fiasco; Sources; Select bibliography; INDEX |
Summary |
Kettle argues that the White Russians became expendable British pawns in a temporary forward holding position, designed to contain the Bolshevik inferno within Russia. British medium intervention thus prolonged the Civil War |
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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SUBJECT |
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 fast |
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History.
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history (discipline)
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Diplomatic relations
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History
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1910-1936.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056715
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
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Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125813
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Great Britain
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Soviet Union
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History
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780203990957 |
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0203990951 |
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