Osprey Essential Histories: The Russian Civil War 1918-22

[Ignatieff]

I am currently enjoying this little number, written by David Bullock.  Covers all the main action, with some entertaining detail on the Cheka (they were even more vile than you could imagine!) and Nestor Makhno. Some good photographs, that I certainly havent come across as well. No further reading list (as usual from Osprey) would be my major complaint, and obviously if you are an expert on the subject it will probably be too superficial.  Perosnally I've always found the RCW a confusing subject, but this does a good job of making sensne of it.  Recommended.

[The Worker]

I don't know, I think it's hard for anyone's imagination to top the ChK practice of 'glove-making'. Take your enemy of the people, and immerse hand(s) in boiling water until the skin (all of it) peels off just like a glove.

"Eurgh" doesn't really cover it!

Still, I shall see if I can have a look at it - concise histories of things are always handy to have even if you are an hexpert.

[Ignatieff]

I don't know, I think it's hard for anyone's imagination to top the ChK practice of 'glove-making'. Take your enemy of the people, and immerse hand(s) in boiling water until the skin (all of it) peels off just like a glove.

"Eurgh" doesn't really cover it!

Still, I shall see if I can have a look at it - concise histories of things are always handy to have even if you are an hexpert.

Yeeeeuch!