Whitewood, Peter (2023) The Soviet-Polish War and its Legacy: Lenin’s Defeat and the Rise of Stalinism. Bloomsbury Academic

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Abstract

This detailed study traces the history of the Soviet-Polish War (1919-20), the first major international clash between the forces of communism and anti-communism, and the impact this had on Soviet Russia in the years that followed. It reflects upon how the Bolsheviks fought not only to defend the fledgling Soviet state, but also to bring the revolution to Europe. Peter Whitewood shows that while the Red Army's rapid drive to the gates of Warsaw in summer 1920 raised great hopes for world revolution, the subsequent collapse of the offensive had a more striking result. The Soviet military and political leadership drew the mistaken conclusion that they had not been defeated by the Polish Army, but by the forces of the capitalist world – Britain and France – who were perceived as having directed the war behind-the-scenes. They were taken aback by the strength of the forces of counterrevolution and convinced they had been overcome by the capitalist powers.

Item Type:	Book
Status:	Published
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics > DK265-265.95 Revolution, 1917-1921
School/Department:	School of Humanities
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/7728

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