"An extraordinary work...of unparalleled erudition' Geoffrey Swain, Slavonic and East European Review 'Smele's bibliography is an outstanding resource that should be on the shelves of every university library' Michael Hickey, Revolutionary Russia 'This is a most generous undertaking...Smele has built a bibliography on the Russian revolution and civil war, which is vast, perceptively annotated and organized with great intelligence...[His] introduction and style are lucid and witty, his care and precision exemplary... a must for any decent library' Edward Acton, European History Quarterly"