Dreams of a great small nation: the mutinous army that threatened a revolution, destroyed an empire, founded a republic, and remade the map of Europe
(Book)
In 1917, two empires that had dominated much of Europe and Asia teetered on the edge of the abyss, exhausted by the ruinous cost in blood and treasure of the First World War. As Imperial Russia and Habsburg-ruled Austria-Hungary began to succumb, a small group of Czech and Slovak combat veterans stranded in Siberia saw an opportunity to realize their long-held dream of independence. While their plan was audacious and complex, and involved moving their 50,000-strong army by land and sea across three-quarters of the earth's expanse, their commitment to fight for the Allies on the Western Front riveted the attention of Allied London, Paris, and Washington. On their journey across Siberia, a brawl erupted at a remote Trans-Siberian rail station that sparked a wholesale rebellion. The marauding Czecho-Slovak Legion seized control of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and with it Siberia. In the end, this small band of POWs and deserters, whose strength was seen by Leon Trotsky as the chief threat to Soviet rule, helped destroy the Austro-Hungarian Empire and found Czecho-Slovakia.
Czechoslovakia -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
Czechoslovakia -- History, Military.
Legie česká.
Military deserters -- Czechoslovakia.
Russia -- History -- 1917-1921, Revolution.
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Participation, Czech.
Velikai͡a Sibirskai͡a magistralʹ -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Russia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Czechoslovakia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Czech.
Czech Republic -- History.
Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1918-1938.
Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1918-1938.
History.
Legie ruská.
Legie ruská.
Slovakia -- History.
Slovakia -- History.
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920.
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920.
Notes
McNamara, K. J. (2016). Dreams of a great small nation: the mutinous army that threatened a revolution, destroyed an empire, founded a republic, and remade the map of Europe. First edition. New York, PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)McNamara, Kevin J.. 2016. Dreams of a Great Small Nation: The Mutinous Army That Threatened a Revolution, Destroyed an Empire, Founded a Republic, and Remade the Map of Europe. New York, PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)McNamara, Kevin J., Dreams of a Great Small Nation: The Mutinous Army That Threatened a Revolution, Destroyed an Empire, Founded a Republic, and Remade the Map of Europe. New York, PublicAffairs, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)McNamara, Kevin J.. Dreams of a Great Small Nation: The Mutinous Army That Threatened a Revolution, Destroyed an Empire, Founded a Republic, and Remade the Map of Europe. First edition. New York, PublicAffairs, 2016.
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