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Carregando... The Czech and Slovak Legion in Siberia, 1917-1922de Joan Mcguire Mohr
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During World War I, a specialized Russian battalion comprised of ethnic Czechs and Czech and Slovak prisoners of war--the Legion--became a pawn in an international game of power and deceit. The Legion's detour through Siberia became the greatest human interest story of the war, chronicled weekly in the New York Times and New York Herald. More than half of the Legion's troops lost their lives as the evacuation of Czech and Slovak POWs through Vladivostok precipitated the murder of the Russian royal family and forced the Legion to act as protectors of the Russian treasury and the Trans-Siberian Railway while the White and Red armies battled. For political purposes, tales of the Legion's odyssey have been buried or expunged. This volume offers the seminal account of this hidden yet epic journey, shedding light on a fascinating but forgotten facet of World War I. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)947.084History and Geography Europe Russia and eastern Europe [and formerly Finland] Russian & Slavic History by Period 1855- 1917-1953 ; Communist periodClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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In fact, what you have is a book documenting the history of the actions of the Czech and Slovak Legion in Russia between 1917 and 1922. These men left the Austro-Hungarian forces, went over to the Russians, fought for the Russians on the Eastern Front until the collapse of the Tsarist regime and then used the Trans-Siberian railway to withdraw to Vladivostok where they were ultimately evacuated by ships from several nations. Their withdrawal coincided with the rise of the Bolsheviks and the Legion presence on the Trans-Siberian (and their near complete control of that line from end to end) attracted the attention and political aspirations/ambitions/schemes of the Russian White Army, the Russian Red Army, Great Britain, the newly formed country of Czechoslovakia, France, Japan, and the United States. This stew of politics, intrigue, and double cross turned what should have been a straightforward withdrawal into an odyssey of epic proportions.
Courtesy of two “embedded” reporters, Herman Bernstein of the New York Herald and Carl Ackerman of the New York Times, their exploits were front page news around the world and elements of the Legion were welcomed in Washington D.C. and personally greeted by President Wilson…and then, due to a combination of failed aspirations on the part of Britain, France, etc. and a desire on the part of the new Soviet Union to forget a less than stellar episode in the history of that country they, and the entire effort were forgotten.
Fortunately for them and for the reader, Author Joan Mohr has done an excellent job of bringing this remarkable group of men and their unbelievable exploits to our attention once again. The book is well written and has the page turning pace of an adventure novel. I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in 20th Century world history. (Test length - 225 pages, Total length - 254 pages)
*The Great Locomotive Chase was an event of one day duration (April 12, 1862) which occurred during the American Civil War on the Western and Atlantic Railroad and involved two locomotives – The General and The Texas – and a distance of approximately 100 miles.
** This epithet was directed to the author (she has a PhD in history) by an academic with an overwrought sense of self importance. ( )