Suomen luokkasota is the first book on the 1918 Civil War written from the Red retrospective.

[1] Chapters are written by ordinary Red Guard fighters and Red leaders like Kullervo Manner, Väinö Jokinen, Yrjö Sirola, Lauri Letonmäki, Kössi Kaatra, Lauri Luoto, Tuure Lehén and Santeri Nuorteva.

However, the historian Thure Svedlin, who fought for the Whites, says the book helps to understand the Red viewpoint.

In January 1929, one thousand copies were shipped to Helsinki where the State Police confiscated the books.

[3] Another set of books, disguised as poultry farming guides, was caught in the Swedish border.