V monografii na osnove shirokogo kruga dokumental'nykh istochnikov rassmatrivaetsia mobilizatsiia liudskikh resursov i razvertyvaenie i podgotovka novykh voinskikh formirovanii k boevym deistviiam. Bol'shoe vnimanie udeleno uchastiiu IV-go Sibirskogo armeiskogo korpusa v boevykh operatsiiakh i formam vzaimodeistviia komandovaniia sibirskikh voinskikh chastei s gosudarstvennymi i mestnymi organami vlasti, obshchestvennymi organizatsiiami i chastnymi litsami po ukrepleniiu boevogo dukha voinov-sibiriakov. Rostov Nikolai Dmitrievich, doktor istoricheskikh nauk; SHirshov Mikhail Aleksandrovich, soiskatel' na kandidata istoricheskikh nauk.