Why Siberia? -- Canada's road to Siberia. 1917 : a breach in the Allied front ; Vladivostok : 1917 ; The road to intervention ; Mobilization ; Departure day -- Vladivostok and back. Vladivostok : 1919 ; "Up country" and evacuation ; Afterword
Summary
"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."--Jacket
