Re: Marxism and War: The Origins and History of Revolutionary Defeatism

Just FYI, I find that a .pdf version of this interesting book is 
available at

https://www.aupress.ca/app/uploads/120285_Kellogg_2021-Truth_Behind_Bars.pdf

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On 6/27/2026 5:55 PM, Richard Fidler via groups.io wrote:
> I am intrigued by the cover on this pamphlet, which is described as a 
> "Bolshevik Propaganda Poster published during the Polish-Soviet War in 
> 1920."
> Marxism and War: The Origins and History of Revolutionary Defeatism - 
> RCIT - Revolutionary Communist International Tendency 
> <https://www.thecommunists.net/theory/origins-and-history-of-revolutionary-defeatism/>
>
> Is the RCIT suggesting that the Bolshevik offensive war against 
> Poland, shortly after Poland's achievement of independence from 
> Tsarist Russia, was an example of "revolutionary defeatism"? The 
> offensive against Poland following the Bolsheviks' defeat of the 
> Polish armed intervention against Ukraine, was controversial within 
> the Bolshevik leadership (Trotsky, the Red Army commissar, opposed 
> it). And it turned into a total disaster; the Red Army troops were 
> decisively defeated by the Poles and retreated in complete disarray, 
> committing many atrocities along the way.
>
> The story is told in Paul Kellogg's book, Truth Behind Bars, “Truth 
> Behind Bars” | Athabasca University Press 
> <https://www.aupress.ca/books/120285-truth-behind-bars/>. See chapter 
> 6: "Poland and Georgia - The Export of Revolution."
>
> Richard Fidler
> 



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