TITLE:
Passage through Armageddon : the Russians in war and revolution, 1914-1918 / W. Bruce Lincoln.
Publication Date:
1986
Publication Information:
New York : Simon and Schuster,
Physical Description:
637 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Bibliography: p. 581-613.
Summary:
As World War I begins, Russia is invaded by foreign armies and threatened by the terror of civil strife. The tsar and his military leadership conscript fiteen million fighting men byt supply many with neither boot, rifles, ammunition, nor food. In March of 1917, the Russian people, bled white by thrity months of armed struggle, drive the Romanovs off the throne and then embark on what is to become the great revolution of the 20th century. Lincoln renders these critical events of our time vividly and dramatically, bringing alive the personalities and the politics that formed modern Russia.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780671557096
General Note:
Includes index.
