War and Revolution: the United States and Russia, 1914-1921

Military Review,  July-August, 2003  by Curtis S. King

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Norman E. Saul, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, 2001, 456 pages, $45.00.

Norman E. Saul's War and Revolution contains extensive, useful details on relations between the United States and Russia from 1914 to 1921, and it is definitely a book appropriate for specialists of this topic. The book's greatest strength is its ability to show the nongovernmental connections between Russia and the United States, most of which attempted to bring about greater cooperation between the two countries.

Saul's book is more narrative than argument and contains little material that would interest soldiers and military historians. However, the book adds solid research to a field that has too often focused on official governmental actions.

MAJ Curtis S. King, USA, Retired, Leavenworth, Kansas

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