Shadow of Tyranny: Dispatches from Russia 1917-1920 by Harold Williams

HAROLD WILLIAMS, New Zealand born and German educated in linguistics became one of the principal journalists for developments in Russia from 1905 to 1920. He reported for the [London] TIMES, the MANCHESTER GUARDIAN and other British newspapers as well as the NEW YORK TIMES. Covered in this book are his dispatches to the NEW YORK TIMES from 1917 to 1920. A fierce critic of the Bolshevik movement, he became the principal journalistic advocate for western intervention into Russia. His dispatches are quite descriptive of events and personalities as well as being quite emotional. In addition to his news reports he published many articles, several books and gave lectures on Russian affairs. After his return to England from South Russia in 1920 and until his death in 1928 he served as Foreign Editor for the [London] TIMES.