Reviews
"An excellent work that will become required reading for all students of this turbulent period in twentieth-century history." --Jack M. Lauber, History: Review of Books, An excellent work that will become required reading for all students of this turbulent period in twentieth-century history., "This book makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship through its exhaustive and shrewd examination of new archival materials. It also makes imaginative and original use of language and ideology as tools of historical interpretation." --N.G.O. Pereira, American Historical Review, Very readable and convincingly argued, this book is a much needed and anticipated revelation of local experience of the Civil War. This jewel of Soviet studies is not to be missed by any student or scholar of the Soviet Union. -- Irina Mukhina, Journal of Social History, By revealing the complexity of the civil war in one province, Raleigh's book will revitalize scholarly debate on the civil war., "By revealing the complexity of the civil war in one province, Raleigh's book will revitalize scholarly debate on the civil war." --S. A. Smith, Slavic Review, "Very readable and convincingly argued, this book is a much needed and anticipated revelation of local experience of the Civil War. This jewel of Soviet studies is not to be missed by any student or scholar of the Soviet Union."-- Irina Mukhina, Journal of Social History, "This book makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship through its exhaustive and shrewd examination of new archival materials. It also makes imaginative and original use of language and ideology as tools of historical interpretation."-- N.G.O. Pereira, American Historical Review, By revealing the complexity of the civil war in one province, Raleigh's book will revitalize scholarly debate on the civil war. -- S. A. Smith, Slavic Review, This book makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship through its exhaustive and shrewd examination of new archival materials. It also makes imaginative and original use of language and ideology as tools of historical interpretation., This book makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship through its exhaustive and shrewd examination of new archival materials. It also makes imaginative and original use of language and ideology as tools of historical interpretation. -- N.G.O. Pereira, American Historical Review, "An excellent work that will become required reading for all students of this turbulent period in twentieth-century history."-- Jack M. Lauber, History: Review of Books, An excellent work that will become required reading for all students of this turbulent period in twentieth-century history. -- Jack M. Lauber, History: Review of Books, "By revealing the complexity of the civil war in one province, Raleigh's book will revitalize scholarly debate on the civil war."-- S. A. Smith, Slavic Review, Very readable and convincingly argued, this book is a much needed and anticipated revelation of local experience of the Civil War. This jewel of Soviet studies is not to be missed by any student or scholar of the Soviet Union., "Very readable and convincingly argued, this book is a much needed and anticipated revelation of local experience of the Civil War. This jewel of Soviet studies is not to be missed by any student or scholar of the Soviet Union." --Irina Mukhina, Journal of Social History