Dances in Deep Shadows: The Clandestine War in Russia 1917-20
In 1917 the world was turned upside down by a popular uprising in Russia followed by a Bolshevik coup d''état. Suddenly the socialist revolution was underway. Capitalism was morally and materially exhausted by war, and history seemed to be on the side of communism at last.
But as Michael Occleshaw brilliantly shows the clash between communism and capitalism was never as clear-cut as later historia...
In 1917 the world was turned upside down by a popular uprising in Russia followed by a Bolshevik coup d''état. Suddenly the socialist revolution was underway. Capitalism was morally and materially exhausted by war, and history seemed to be on the side of communism at last.
But as Michael Occleshaw brilliantly shows the clash between communism and capitalism was never as clear-cut as later historia...
