The Russian job : the forgotten story of how America saved the Soviet Union from ruin / Douglas Smit...
The Russian job : the forgotten story of how America saved the Soviet Union from ruin / Douglas Smit...
The Russian job : the forgotten story of how America saved the Soviet Union from ruin / Douglas Smith.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2020/1238
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi,303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Map -- Prologue: Mr. Wolfe's horrifying discovery -- 1921 -- 1922 -- 1923 -- A note on sources -- Select bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2019]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
"The harrowing, little-known story of the ARA, an American effort to save the newly-formed Soviet Union from a disastrous famine"-- Provided by publisher.
1921. Facing one of the worst famines in history, the new Soviet government under Vladimir Lenin invited the American Relief Administration, Herbert Hoover's brainchild, to save communist Russia from ruin. For two years a small band of Americans fed more than ten million men, women, and children across a million square miles of territory. They prev...
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The Russian job : the forgotten story of how America saved the Soviet Union from ruin / Douglas Smith.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2020/1238
Record Identifier
74VKaZ0b0oOM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZ0b0oOM
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ISBN
0374252963
9780374252960 (hardcover)
DDC
947.0841
MMS ID
991024293718602626
