A Nasty Little War: The Western Intervention into the Russian Civil War

The 1917 Russian Revolution redefined that country’s politics and had a broader impact on the world. Multiple Western governments sent troops to each border. However, this was an intervention to keep Bolshevism from leaking outside the borders and infecting neighboring countries. All the major world powers were involved, including the United States, Britain, and France. These actions failed to engender substantial change, other than assisting Latvia and Estonia to emerge as independent countries. Otherwise, she argues that it was an exercise against autonomy and self-determination. Journalist and trustee of the Ukrainian Institute Reid (Borderland) unweaves a complex historical era. Her personal views become significant in her narrative that maps a clear path from the intervention to the beginning of World War II and to the political tensions of today.