Richard W. Harrison received his Ph.D. in War Studies from King's College London and later worked at the US embassy in Moscow. He has taught at the United States Military Academy West Point and other institutions. He is the author of a number of books and articles on the Red Army and has produced several translations of official Soviet military histories and works by contemporary Russian historians. He currently resides with his family near Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
"""...the only work of its kind in English that provides a detailed overview of the conduct of the Russian Civil War and war with Poland from the Soviet perspective. This makes it an essential reference work for anyone trying to understand the flow of those wars on the battlefield. We must be grateful to Richard Harrison for making it accessible to Anglophone readers.""-- ""Michigan War Studies Review"" ""Harrison's smooth translation presents a highly readable narrative, reinforced by 66 pages of chapter endnotes that attest to the throughness of the original Russian creators' research and add to readers' understanding of this detailed work of a complex subject.""-- ""Over the Front"" ""This work is very detailed in laying out all the elements of the conflict without blaming anyone for defeats or entering into heroic.""-- ""Roads to the Great War"""