Discusses the brutal Russian Civil War, which, after World War I, claimed more than twenty million lives, involved fourteen other nations, including the United States, and brought Lenin to power

Maps on lining papers. Some copies are Touchstone edition, 1991 (paperback, 24 cm.); pub. by Simon & Schuster. Includes index.

Pt. 1. 1918: Prologue -- The hungry spring -- The fighting begins -- "The expropriation of the expropriators" -- First days of terror -- The allies intervene -- pt. 2. 1919: Denikin and the Cossacks -- Siberia's supreme ruler -- The Petrograd front -- The Ukraine in ferment -- In the red heart of Russia -- pt. 3. 1920: The struggle to survive -- "Give us Warsaw!" -- The end of the Whites -- Victory's bitter fruit -- The Kronstadt uprising -- Epilogue: The revolution consumes its makers.