Dances in Deep Shadows : The Clandestine War in Russia, 1917-1920

by Occleshaw, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780786717897
• ISBN10: 0786717890
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-13
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

"In this new investigation, Michael Occleshaw has lifted the veil on the extraordinary labyrinth of covert operations implemented by the British government in Russia between 1917 and 1920. A wealth of new research reveals an elaborate underground network of secret agents and their accomplices, subverting the infant Bolshevik state and provoking renegade groups into maintaining an active arena of war in the East." "Offering new insights into a hidden diplomatic underworld, Occleshaw demonstrates in chilling detail how, beneath the facade of accountable government, an illicit Allied agenda was promoted by Whitehall officials. For the first time the full truth emerges about the British military presence in Russia, exposing the insubstantial pretext for intervention and revealing the full extent of covert activity."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Michael Occleshaw's previous books include Armour Against Fate: British Military Intelligence in the First World War (1989) and The Romanov Conspiracies: The Romanovs and the House of Windsor (1993).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Dramatis Personae	ix
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgements	xv
Notes on The Text	xvii
List of Commonly Used Abbreviations	xviii
Maps	xx
I Insidious and Effective	1	(13)
II 'Support Any Responsible Body...'	14	(15)
III Forging an Instrument	29	(24)
IV '...what must develop into a civil war'	53	(24)
V Where there is No Peace	77	(19)
VI Fleets and Duplicity	96	(28)
VII ' ...up to the last moment'	124	(20)
VIII The Horns of a Dilemma	144	(22)
IX Vicissitudes of Assassination	166	(20)
X Not So Secret	186	(24)
XI The Grand Unravelling	210	(25)
XII Terror and Instability	235	(11)
XIII ...a double interest for us'	246	(29)
XIV A More Conventional Role	275	(9)
XV Confidence Tricks	284	(17)
XVI Epilogue	301	(10)
Notes	311	(26)
Source List	337	(4)
Select Bibliography	341	(6)
Index	347