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03173aam a2200457 a 4500 001 13225EF40EB211E2AA9AD6E86AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20181009010727 008 111020s2012 nyuab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2012932280 020 $a 1610391403 (hardcover) 020 $a 9781610391405 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)758394759 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d SILO $d BDX $d HLS $d OCO $d CLE $d GPI $d LEB $d IQU $d BKX $d COH $d IX2 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ur--- 050 4 $a DK265 $b .S43662 2012 082 04 $a 947.084/1 $2 23 100 1 $a Service, Robert, $d 1947- 245 1 $a Spies and commissars : $b the early years of the Russian Revolution / $c Robert Service ; [map[s] redrawn by ML Design]. 246 30 $a Early years of the Russian Revolution 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b PublicAffairs, $c 2012. 300 $a xv, 441 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill., maps ; $c 25 cm. 520 $a Traces the power struggle between the Bolsheviks and the West at the dawn of the Russian Revolution, offering insight into the roles of diplomats, reporters, dissidents and others who impacted foreign policy throughout subsequent decades. 520 $a "The early years of Bolshevik rule were marked by dynamic interaction between Russia and the West. These years of civil war in Russia were years when the West strove to understand the new communist regime while also seeking to undermine it. Meanwhile, the Bolsheviks tried to spread their revolution across Europe at the same time they were seeking trade agreements that might revive their collapsing economy."--Dust jacket flap. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-415) and index. 505 0 $a Revolution: Troubling journeys ; Russia on its knees ; The Allied agenda ; Cheering for the Soviets ; Revolution and the world ; In the light of the fire ; Diplomatic impasse ; The other west -- Survival: Talks at Brest-Litovsk ; Breathing dangerously ; Revolts and murders ; Subverting the Allies ; Germany entreated ; Subverting Russia ; A very British plot ; The German capitulation -- Probings: Revolving the Russian question ; the Paris Peace Conference ; European revolution ; The Allies and the Whites ; Western agents ; Communism in America ; Soviet agents ; The Allied military withdrawal -- Stalemate: Bolshevism : for and against ; Left entrance ; The spreading of Comintern ; To Poland and beyond ; Trade talks abroad ; The economics of survival ; The second breathing space ; The unextinguished fire -- Postscript. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x History $y Revolution, 1917-1921. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x Foreign relations $y 1917-1945. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x Foreign relations $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Intelligence service $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 6 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204054607.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110040427.0 952 $l SKPC094 $d 20190504012635.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107045002.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826032943.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20121005010444.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=13225EF40EB211E2AA9AD6E86AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search