White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919-20 By Norman Davies
(Paperback, 2003)

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Surprisingly little known the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20 was to change the course of twentieth-century history In White Eagle Red Star Norman Davies gives a full account of the War with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army
- sure of victory & pledged to carry the Revolution across Europe to 'water our horses on the Rhine'
- was crushed by a devastating Polish attack Since known as the 'miracle on the Vistula' it remains one of the most decisive battles of the Western world Drawing on both Polish & Russian sources Norman Davies illustrates the narrative with documentary material which hitherto has not been readily available & shows how the War was far more an 'episode' in East European affairs but largely determined the course of European history for the next twenty years or more