The Bolsheviks and the Red Army 1918-1921

by Francesco Benvenuti

Book Overview

The emergence of the military agency of the Soviet state is a crucial but neglected aspect of inter-war Soviet history, and in this pioneering study Francesco Benvenuti provides a detailed analysis of the politics (as opposed to the operational activities) of the Red Army during the Civil War. Several historians have suggested that the roots of Stalinism may be found in the Bolshevik experience during the Civil War, and Benvenuti shows that the military...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521093171
• ISBN13: 9780521093170
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"