Title: Wolfhounds and Polar Bears: The American Expeditionary Force in Siberia, 1918–1920 Author: John M. House Genre: Military History Publisher: University Alabama Press Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 263 This book covers a lot of the same ground as other books on the topic, but that said, there was a lot of information here
Title: High Treason: Essays on the History of the Red Army, 1918-1938 Author: Vitaly Rapoport (Author), Yuri Alexeev (Author), Vladimir G. Treml (Editor) Genre: Military History Publisher: Duke University Press Release Date: 1985 Format: Hardcover Pages: 436 This is a very interesting account of various episodes in pre-WWII Red Army history. Apparently it was written
Title: The 1929 Sino-Soviet War: The War Nobody Knew Series: Modern War Studies Author: Michael Walker Genre: Military History Publisher: University Press of Kansas Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 421 This is a well-written book on a very little-known war...the author points out that most books on relevant topics barely mention it, and some
Title: White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans-Siberian Series: Cass Military Studies Author: Jamie Bisher Genre: Military History Publisher: Routledge Release Date: 2006 Format: Kindle Pages: 492 I had pretty low expectations when I started reading this book, as it sounded more like an academic exercise than anything else. It turns out, however, that the
Title: The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917-1921 Author: Prit Buttar Genre: Military History Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 498 This is an excellent book about the end of World War I on the Eastern front. Not only does the book include detailed accounts of Kerensky's last-gasp offensive, the implosion of
Title: Stillborn Crusade: The Tragic Failure of Western Intervention in the Former Soviet Union Author: Ilya Somin Genre: Military History Publisher: Routledge Release Date: 1996 Format: Hardcover Pages: 246 This is an excellent, well-written book about the policies of the US and UK concerning their intervention in Russia after its revolution. I would divide this
Title: The White Armies of Russia. A Chronicle of Counter-Revolution and Allied Intervention Author: George Stewart Genre: Military History Publisher: Macmillan Release Date: 1933 Format: Hardcover Pages: 469 While rather dated and written without the benefit of the several succeeding decades of research, this is a good history of the Russian civil war. Given its
Title: America's Siberian Adventure 1918-1920 Author: William Graves Genre: Military History Publisher: Uncommon Valor Press Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 363 This is an interesting and well-written book by the commander of the US army forces sent to Siberia in 1918. The author was obviously a decent and capable officer sent into a very
Title: The Czech and Slovak Legion in Siberia, 1917–1922 Author: Joan Mcguire Mohr Genre: Military History Publisher: McFarland Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 263 This is a good book on a topic with which I am pretty familiar; the author has done quite a bit of research and cites various events, people, anecdotes, that
Title: American Soldiers in Siberia: The Forgotten War Author: Sylvian Kindall Genre: Military History Publisher: Uncommon Valor Press Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 194 This is a fascinating memoir by one of the American officers serving in the Russian Far East in 19181-1919. His service there seems to have inspired a rather deep hatred--but
Title: The Russian Civil War Author: Evan Mawdsley Genre: Military History Publisher: Pegasus Books Release Date: 2015 Format: Kindle Pages: 260 This is a good, but not excellent account of the Russian Civil War. The author does a good job of describing the chaotic campaigns, along with the strengths and weaknesses of the Reds and
Title: Dreams of a Great Small Nation: The Mutinous Army that Threatened a Revolution, Destroyed an Empire, Founded a Republic, and Remade the Map of Europe Author: Kevin J McNamara Genre: Military History Publisher: PublicAffairs Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 418 This is an excellent book about one of the most fascinating episodes in
Title: With the Die-Hards in Siberia Author: John Ward Genre: Military History Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC Release Date: 2012 Format: Kindle Pages: 194 This is a very interesting book, and a good deal (free) for kindle readers. This book is an eyewitness account of a very complicated bit of history, from about mid 1918
Title: Spies and Commissars: The Early Years of the Russian Revolution Author: Robert Service Genre: Diplomatic History Publisher: PublicAffairs Release Date: 2012 Format: Hardcover Pages: 480 While decent enough, this book should have been titled "Diplomats and Trade Ministers" rather than "Spies and Commissars", because that is the main topic of the book. In fact,
Title: The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story of the Russian Nobleman Who Became the Last Khan of Mongolia Author: James Palmer Genre: Military History Publisher: Basic Books Release Date: 2009 Format: Kindle Pages: 290 I always enjoy reading about interesting historical characters, and this book definitely checked that box. I have studied Russian history
Title: The Compete Works of Isaac Babel Author: Isaac Babel Genre: Fiction Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Release Date: 2001 Format: Hardcover Pages: 1076 Babel is a masterful teller of short stories. His stories, most of which do not exceed a few pages, speak volumes about the extraordinary times in which he lived. For
