Spies and Commissars: Bolshevik Russia and the West [Paperback] service, robert

In the aftermath of the October Revolution of 1917, the Western powers were anxious to prevent the spread of Bolshevism across Europe, while Lenin and Trotsky wanted exactly that. Robert Service looks beyond the Revolution to the extraordinary miscellany of people - spies, commissars and diplomats, unofficial intermediaries, intellectuals and opportunists - who helped shape Russia's dealings with the world beyond its borders.