A Nasty Little War

Reid brilliantly depicts the disastrous failure of our intervention in the “Russian” civil war. The atmosphere, the characters, the absurdity are all there – Antony BeevorIn witty, elegant prose, Anna Reid uncovers the true story of the West’s failed and forgotten attempt to reverse the Bolshevik revolution. Excellent background to today’s events – Anne ApplebaumBritain’s most forgotten war, brilliantly remembered – Simon Jenkins

Anna Reid is a historian and journalist. Her previous books are Borderland: a Journey through the History of Ukraine, now in its fourth edition, The Shaman’s Coat: a Native History of Siberia, and Leningrad: Tragedy of a City under Siege, 1941-44, which was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and has been translated into eighteen languages. She is a former Kyiv correspondent for The Economist, and a trustee of the Ukrainian Institute London.