1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0119701

Titolo

Drying and Energy Technologies / J.M.P.Q. Delgado, A. Gilson Barbosa de Lima editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer, 2016

Descrizione fisica

vi, 228 p. ; 24 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957365503321

Autore

House John M.

Titolo

Wolfhounds and Polar Bears : The American Expeditionary Force in Siberia, 1918–1920 / / Col. John M. House, US Army (Retired)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9780817388980

0817388982

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

947.084/1

Soggetti

United States.-Army.-American Expeditionary Forces

Soviet Union-History-Allied intervention, 1918-1920

Soviet Union-History-Revolution, 1917-1921-Participation, American

Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Participation, American

Soviet Union History Allied intervention, 1918-1920

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The beginning -- A world at war -- The reasons and the decision -- The military forces -- Siberia's challenges -- Russian Railway Service Corps -- American Expeditionary Force -- Initial operations --



Garrison life -- Railway guard and the Twenty-Seventh Infantry -- Railway guard and the Thirty-First Infantry -- Riding the rails -- The final days -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Details the military aspects of the American Expeditionary Force's (AEF) deployment to Siberia following World War I to protect the Trans-Siberian Railroad In the final months of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson and many US allies decided to intervene in Siberia in order to protect Allied wartime and business interests, among them.