V nastoyashchey knige rassmatrivaetsya voenno-politicheskaya rol' krest'yanstva v Grazhdanskoy voyne na Severo-Zapade Rossii. Issledovanie provedeno v osnovnom na dokumentakh pskovskikh arkhivov, privlecheny memuary i vospominaniya sovremennikov, vsestoronne proanalizirovana periodicheskaya pechat' izuchaemogo perioda, kotoraya takzhe yavlyaetsya vazhnym informatsionnym istochnikom. K ryadu ocherkov prilagayutsya teksty arkhivnykh dokumentov, ryad kotorykh vvodyatsya v nauchnyy oborot vpervye, a takzhe fotoillyustratsii, kotorye kachestvenno dopolnyayut rabotu i pozvolyayut chitatelyu oshchutit' dukh izuchaemoy epokhi. Kniga predstavlyaet soboy avtorskuyu podborku ocherkov o naibolee znachimykh i yarkikh aspektakh zhizni krest'yanstva, ego voennoy i politicheskoy roli v sobytiyakh Grazhdanskoy voyny 1917 - 1920 gg. Dannaya rabota pozvolyaet po-novomu vzglyanut' na maloizuchennye i maloizvestnye stranitsy rossiyskoy istorii. Kniga rasschitana na shirokiy krug chitateley, interesuyushchikhsya otechestvennoy istoriey, i vyzovet nesomnennyy interes u vsekh, komu interesna istoriya Grazhdanskoy voyny v Rossii.