{"product_id":"9781623654993","title":"A Splendid Little War","description":"The war to end all  wars, people said in 1918. Not for long. By 1919, White Russians were  fighting Bolshevik Reds for control of their country, and Winston  Churchill (then Secretary of State for War) wanted to see Communism \"strangled in its cradle\". So a volunteer R.A.F. squadron, flying  Sopwith Camels, went there to duff up the Reds. \"There's a splendid  little war going on,\" a British staff officer told them. \"You'll like  it.\" Looked like fun.  But the war was neither splendid nor little. It was big and it was  brutal, a grim conflict of attrition, marked by incompetence and  corruption. Before it ended, the squadron wished that both sides would  lose. If that was a joke, nobody was laughing. ","brand":"Quercus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151764308208,"sku":"9781623654993","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781623654993_p0.jpg?v=1763859185","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781623654993","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}