Churchill and the Archangel Fiasco

Michael Kettle *Probate*, Michael Kettle

• 1. London and Siberia: the coup d' tat at Omsk 2. The Russian Theatres: Preparations for War 3. Peacemaking: the Prinkipo Proposal 4. War or Peace: Churchill's Proposal 5. Russian Policy: London, Washington, Paris and Odessa 6. The Russian Theatres: Churchill's Unanswered Letter 7. War and Peace: Kolchak's Advance and Bullitt's Mission 8. The French d bâcle at Odessa 9. The House of Commons: Lloyd George Denies Bullitt 10. The War Office and Arcangel: No Second Odessa 11. The Golovin Plan: the Baltic Spring Offensive 12. Kolchak and the Allies: Quasi-recognition 13. South Russia: Denikin at Kharkov and Tsaritsin 14. The Baltic: the British Squadron and the Russian Northern Corps 15. North Russia: Kotlas and the Dvina River 16. The Kotlas Operation: Mutiny and Fiasco

`Kettle's narrative is voluminous ... Kettle is good on British agents such as Sidney Reilly and Captain George Hill, (to) whose reporting he gives high marks. His account of the macabre French debacle at Odessa is gripping. The story of Admiral Cowan's singular naval war in the Baltic displays Kettle's fine points as a former war correspondent, and conveys just the right touch of confusion and mayhem ... Kettle's series is formidable...' - Wesley K Wark Times Literary Supplement`Michael Kettle catches churchill at his silliest and most destructive in this massively researched monumental study of the arrogance and ignorance with which Western Powers responded to the Russian Revolution.' - Owen Dudley Edwards The Scotsman`It is a sorry tale of military ineptitude and divided counsels, and Michael Kettle unfolds it with meticulous authority.' - John Vincent Sunday Times`Intervening in civil wars is tricky. of this, there is good evidence in Michael Kettle's book ... This is a labour of enormous scholarship - Norman Stone The Times`... is a labour of enormous scholarship, a life's work... ' - The Times