The London Times' correspondent in Russia provided the first western eyewitness account of the monumental events which resulted in the creation of the Soviet Union.
Wilton provides a full historical background and the disastrous course of World War I for Russia, which sets the scene for the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks. He then details the full enormity of the Red Terror, and ends with the optimistic--and incorrect--hope that Bolshevism would be short-lived.
Although Wilton's credentials were impeccable and his status unchallenged, this book was blacklisted because he dared to report openly on the overwhelming number of Jews amongst the Communist revolutionaries. He wrote:
"Bolshevism is not Russian--it is essentially non-national; its leaders belong almost entirely to the race that lost its country and its nationhood long ago. In April 1918, the Bolshevist "Government," including 384 "Peoples' Commissaries," was represented by 2 negroes, 13 Russians, 15 Chinamen, 22 Armenians and Georgians, and more than 300 Jews. Of the last, 264 had come to Russia from the United States during the 'Revolution.'
This is the first modern edition to be completely reset and which contains all the hand-restored original pictures and maps.
Contents
Chapter I: Introduction
Chapter II: Origins, Rise, and Decline
Chapter III: Bureaucracy and Okhrana
Chapter IV: The National Conscience
Chapter V: Razputinism and the Court
Chapter VI: German Influences
Chapter VII: The Jews
Chapter VIII: Conditions of Upheaval
Chapter IX: Revolution versus Evolution
Chapter X: Revolutionary Parties
Chapter XI: The Revolution
Chapter XII: The Soviet, "Coalition," and Bolshevism
Chapter XIII: Abdication and After
Chapter XIV: Mutiny of the Sailors
Chapter XV: "No Annexation and No Indemnity"
Chapter XVI: Anarchy
Chapter XVII: The Outbreak of Hostilities
Chapter XVIII: Poor Armaments; Splendid Army
Chapter XIX: Soldau-Tannenberg and After
Chapter XX: "The Hun within the Gates"
Chapter XXI: Nationality Problems
Chapter XXII: Short-Lived Victory
Chapter XXIII: The Bolshevist Betrayal
Chapter XXIV: The Fight with Bolshevism
Chapter XXV: The Hope of Russia
Chapter XXVI: The New Russia
Appendix I: Declaration of the Progressive Bloc
Appendix II: The "Soldiers' Charter"
Appendix III: Foreign Trade of Russia
Index
