Fighting Without a War: An Account of Military Intervention in North Russia

The author provides an eyewitness account of the Allied military intervention in North Russia, recounting landings, campaigns through fall and winter, and the logistical and administrative efforts around Archangel. Drawing on front-line observation and soldier testimony, the narrative describes fighting against Bolshevik forces despite the absence of a formal declaration of war, the arrival of fresh British forces, Russian conscript mutinies, evacuation and withdrawal, and the human cost of the intervention. Chapters examine military management, the formation and collapse of local armies, propaganda, finance, atrocities, and the difficulties faced by aid organizations operating amid censorship and confusion.