{"product_id":"russia-revolution-and-civil-war-1917-1921-book-by-antony-beevor","title":"Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917—1921\nBook by Antony Beevor","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"TDBkbc\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_a\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgDEAA\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eAntony Beevor's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"yHWXO\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_b\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eRussia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917–1921\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (available via \u003cspan jsuid=\"GqnArb_c\" class=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"mouseenter:\u0026amp;GqnArb_c|WOQqYb;mouseleave:\u0026amp;GqnArb_c|Tx5Rb;focusin:\u0026amp;GqnArb_c|mrwrPd;focusout:\u0026amp;GqnArb_c|mFndSc;\" jscontroller=\"KMhGd\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"H23r4e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgDEAE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hachette.com.au\/antony-beevor\/russia-revolution-and-civil-war-1917-1921\" data-ctpacw=\"1\" ping=\"\/url?sa=i\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;url=https:\/\/www.hachette.com.au\/antony-beevor\/russia-revolution-and-civil-war-1917-1921\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwj_vbzB79aUAxWlxjgGHT26CqkQy_kOeggIAggACAMQAQ\u0026amp;opi=89978449\u0026amp;cd\u0026amp;psig=AOvVaw1N6iM4WcNn7xMSEUOmsXel\u0026amp;ust=1779882061627000\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(21, 88, 214); border-bottom: 0px rgb(21, 88, 214);\"\u003eHachette\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[[\u0026quot;https:\/\/www.hachette.com.au\/antony-beevor\/russia-revolution-and-civil-war-1917-1921\u0026quot;,null,null,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[{\u0026quot;1218\u0026quot;:[16]}]],16,null,\u0026quot;Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;Beevor\u0026#39;s biggest book yet - The dramatic story of Russia\u0026#39;s revolution and civil war, from Antony Beevor, the bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad. ... Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotsky\u0026#39;s Red Army and Lenin\u0026#39;s single-minded Communist dictatorship. Terror begat terror, which in turn led to even greater cruelty with man\u0026#39;s inhumanity to man, woman and child. The struggle became a world war by proxy as Churchill deployed weaponry and troops from the British empire, while armed forces from the United States, France, Italy, Japan, Poland and Czechoslovakia played rival parts. Using the most up to date scholarship and archival research, Antony Beevor, author of the acclaimed international bestseller Stalingrad, assembles the complete picture in a gripping narrative that conveys the conflict through the eyes of everyone from the worker on the streets of Petrograd to the cavalry officer on the battlefield and the woman doctor in an improvised hospital.\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q\\u003dtbn:ANd9GcQ2Ef8oWiJQD2dyjnTaQ8CacVhowljFnh6a2hQd_c5RWjSDm9pQ9b1lK-867YowToP6j9i2poaL4HOAbTadPw\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;Hachette Australia\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;https:\/\/encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com\/faviconV2?url\\u003dhttps:\/\/www.hachette.com.au\\u0026client\\u003dAIM\\u0026size\\u003d64\\u0026type\\u003dFAVICON\\u0026enable_upscaled\\u003dtrue\\u0026fallback_opts\\u003dTYPE,SIZE,URL\u0026quot;,[[1779795661627135,104384165,2836052541],null,null,null,null,[[2,0,2]]]]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) strips away the romanticism of the era to present a harrowing, fast-paced account. It details how idealism and chaos following the Tsar's abdication quickly degenerated into a brutal, multi-sided conflict marked by extreme cruelty from all factions.\u003cspan\u003e [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;GqnArb_g|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"KHhJQ\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_g\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bfc=\"\" class=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwj_vbzB79aUAxWlxjgGHT26CqkQi4wTeggIAggACAQQAA\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otQkpb\" aria-level=\"3\" role=\"heading\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"a7qCn\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_h\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 24px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);\"\u003eKey Themes and Takeaways\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bfc=\"\" class=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwj_vbzB79aUAxWlxjgGHT26CqkQi4wTeggIAggACAUQAA\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"mPWODf\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_l\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"oSLmPe\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_m\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgFEAE\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"fly6D\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_n\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"zYmgkd\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_o\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eThe Collapse \u0026amp; The Red Seizure:\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Beevor illustrates how the February 1917 abdication of Tsar Nicholas II was followed by a messy power vacuum. He demystifies the November Bolshevik seizure of power, describing it less as an ideological triumph and more as a sordid affair involving chaos, pillaging, and drunkenness.\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"oSLmPe\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_p\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgFEAI\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"fly6D\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_q\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"zYmgkd\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_r\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eExtreme Brutality:\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The author emphasizes that the Civil War—fought primarily between the \"Reds\" (Bolsheviks) and the \"Whites\" (an incompatible alliance of monarchists and moderate socialists)—was one of the most savage conflicts in human history. Atrocities, hostage-taking, and torture were systematically used by both sides as tools of terror and retribution.\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"oSLmPe\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_s\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgFEAM\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"fly6D\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_t\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"zYmgkd\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_u\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eThe Peasant Dilemma:\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The vast majority of the Russian population were peasants who simply wanted to be left alone and retain control of the land. They often disliked both the Reds and the Whites, but ultimately bore the brunt of the violence, starvation, and ruthless grain-requisitioning policies enforced by the Bolsheviks.\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"oSLmPe\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_v\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgFEAQ\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"fly6D\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_w\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"zYmgkd\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_x\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eForeign Intervention:\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Beevor provides a critical look at the uncoordinated and often conflicting Allied intervention. Forces from Britain, France, Japan, the United States, and other nations pursued competing goals, which only deepened the chaos and protracted the bloodshed.\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"oSLmPe\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_y\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgFEAU\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"fly6D\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_z\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"zYmgkd\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_10\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eOrigins of Totalitarianism:\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e A major thesis of the book is that the ruthlessness and mechanics of mass slaughter perfected during this period, particularly by the Bolshevik Cheka, laid the groundwork for the totalitarian terror later seen under Stalin and the Nazi regime.\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bfc=\"\" class=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwj_vbzB79aUAxWlxjgGHT26CqkQi4wTeggIAggACBEQAA\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"TDBkbc\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" jsuid=\"GqnArb_1e\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgREAE\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eFor more context on how this historical epic was received by critics, check out the reviews\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Read Room","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59453759291678,"sku":null,"price":580.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":59453759324446,"sku":null,"price":710.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":59453795008798,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1076\/7515\/6766\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_a89c5be3-d34b-4d94-af02-8167a62acbc4.jpg?v=1781287130","url":"https:\/\/readroombd.com\/products\/russia-revolution-and-civil-war-1917-1921-book-by-antony-beevor","provider":"Read Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}