Table of Contents

List of maps; Preface; Glossary and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The triumphal march of reaction; 2. The establishment of the Kolchak government; 3. 'What Kolchak wants!': military versus polity in White Siberia; 4. Inside Kolchakia: from 'a land of milk and honey' to 'the dictatorship of the whip'; 5. White débâcle; 6. White agony; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Promotional Information

This book traces the clash between the 'Reds' of the Moscow-based Soviet regime and the 'Whites', the militaristic, counter-revolutionary governments.

Reviews

"This large study deserves a place in major academic libraries." F.J. Breit, Choice "...this examination of the Kolchak episode in counterrevolutionary history easily surpasses in documentation and sensible analysis earlier studies of the White movement in Siberia." John M. Thompson, Slavic Review "As the definitive treatment of one of the most important episodes in Russia's turbulent history, this book does much to clarify our understanding of the forces and events that brought the Soviet Union into being. Smele paints a canvas of great breadth and fascinating perspective. Exhaustive and far-ranging research makes this book all but certain to become a classic is its field, and all historians of the Russian Civil War and Siberia must stand greatly in its author's debt for that reason." W. Bruce Lincoln, American Historical Review "This is the fullest account to date of the rise of the White movement in Siberia." Vladimir Brovkin, The Historian