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100 1 $aIsitt, Benjamin,$d1978-
245 10 $aFrom Victoria to Vladivostok :$bCanada's Siberian Expedition, 1917-19 /$cBenjamin Isitt.
260 $aVancouver :$bUBC Press,$cc2010.
300 $axiii, 299 p., [26] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aStudies in Canadian military history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-274) and index.
505 00 $tWhy Siberia? --$tCanada's road to Siberia. 1917 : a breach in the Allied front ;$tVladivostok : 1917 ;$tThe road to intervention ;$tMobilization ;$tDeparture day --$tVladivostok and back. Vladivostok : 1919 ;$t"Up country" and evacuation ;$tAfterword.
520 1 $a"Isitt's work is new, innovative, and important. He deftly weaves the Canadian working class oposition to war and the rising leftist sentiment among workers with the inner life of the Siberian Expedition itself...No less importamt. he melds a national story with an international one. He reveals new aspects of international cooperation in the attempt to suppress the Bolshevik revolution as well as international rivalries among the countries that intervened in in Russia."---Larry Hannant, editor of The Politics of Passion: Norman Behtune's Writing and Art" ""From Victoria to Vladivostok sheds new light on a part of Canadian history that previous scholars have written off as a mere sideshow, a rather embarrassing episode that had no impact on the First World War. In contrast, Isitt sees the problems that befell the Expedition as being rooted in conflicting views of Bolshevism in Canada, and defferent perceptions of the logic behind an intervention in Russia. In this, his contribution is both significant and original."---Jonathan Vance, author of Unlikely Soldiers: How Two Canadians Fought the Secret War against Nazi Occupation" "This highly readable and provocative book brings to life a forgotten chapter in the history of Canada and Russia-the journey of 4,200 Canadian soldiers from Victoria to Vladivostok in 1918 to help defeat Bolshevism. It illuminates how the Siberian Expedition exacerbated tensions within Canadian society at a time when a radicalized working class, many French-Canadians, and even the soldiers themselves objected to a military adventure designed to counter the Russian Revolution."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xHistory$yAllied intervention, 1918-1920$xParticipation, Canadian.
610 10 $aCanada.$bCanadian Army.$bCanadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia)$xHistory.
650 0 $aLabor movement$zCanada$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aVladivostok (Russia)$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aSiberia (Russia)$xHistory$yRevolution, 1917-1921.
651 5 $aCanada$xSocial conditions$y1918-1930.
651 5 $aCanada$xForeign relations$y1918-1945.
651 6 $aU.R.S.S.$xHistoire$y1918-1920 (Intervention alliée)$xParticipation canadienne.
610 16 $aCanada.$bArmée canadienne.$bCanadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia)$xHistoire.
650 6 $aMouvement ouvrier$zCanada$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
651 6 $aCanada$xConditions sociales$y1918-1930.
651 6 $aCanada$xRelations extérieures$y1918-1945.
651 6 $aVladivostok (Russie)$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
651 6 $aSibérie (Russie)$xHistoire$y1917-1921 (Révolution)