With Snow on their Boots: The Tragic Odyssey of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France During World War I
In 1916, the Russian government sent two brigades of infantry to fight by the side of the French. After much difficulty, the two brigades fought effectively in the Nivelle offensive. However, they soon began to reflect the deteriorating conditions in Russia. Eventually, elements of both brigades mutinied (at roughly the same time as the French Army was doing so), and the entire force was quarantined. The two units battled each other at La Courtine and were eventually combined into the Russian Legion of Honor. The 1917 revolution nearly destroyed the force, but, like Russia itself, it survived and was eventually repatriated in 1920. Cockfield (Russian history, Mercer Univ.) is sometimes difficult to follow, and his many archival sources are often uncertain about names and dates, but the story that emerges will absorb students of the Great War and the two countries. Recommended for subject collections.?Edwin B. Burgess, U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, Kan.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.