A Splendid Little War

The book ‘A Splendid Little War’ is written by Derek Robinson. ‘A Splendid Little War’ is set in 1919. The story is about a volunteer R.A.F. squadron, flying Sopwith Camels, sent to Russia to fight the Bolshevik Reds. The British staff officer claimed it was a ‘remarkable little war’ but it turned out to be a brutal conflict marked by incompetence and corruption.