Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:01:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamal Hannah <jah-AT-iww.org> Subject: Re: Russian Civil War On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Daniel Marley wrote: > Hey all, > > Despite my numerous efforts today, my History teacher simply didn't want us > to learn anything but the basics, so I kept asking if summarizing the civil > war as Reds x Whites wasn't too careless, since what she calls whites > includes (I think) lots of different counter-revolutionary factions. This > generalization could lead people to believe all conflicts were set due to > the Red Guard's defense of the Revolution, and (white) other forces against > them. > > If anyone has a good link, article, book recommendation about the Russian > Civil War, I'd love to get it. Thanx in advance > > Daniel There is history on the Russian Civil War in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Things to search for on the web are as follows: Social Revolutionaries Social Democrats Bolsheviks Russian Anarchists General Denikin General Kolchak General Wrangel I have some info about Russian Anarchism's history at this web site: http://iww.org/~jah/russanar.html Here is the Encyclopedia Britannica entry on the Russian Civil War: http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,66150+1+64482,00.html - Jamal
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