Author : Norman Davies
Release : 2011-04-30
Genre : History
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White Eagle, Red Star - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook White Eagle, Red Star write by Norman Davies. This book was released on 2011-04-30. White Eagle, Red Star available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Surprisingly little known, the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20 was to change the course of twentieth-century history. In White Eagle, Red Star, Norman Davies gives a full account of the War, with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army - sure of victory and pledged to carry the Revolution across Europe to 'water our horses on the Rhine' - was crushed by a devastating Polish attack. Since known as the 'miracle on the Vistula', it remains one of the most decisive battles of the Western world. Drawing on both Polish and Russian sources, Norman Davies illustrates the narrative with documentary material which hitherto has not been readily available and shows how the War was far more an 'episode' in East European affairs, but largely determined the course of European history for the next twenty years or more.