Kennan, George F.

Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920. Volume II: The Decision to Intervene.

Princeton, Princeton Paperbacks, 1989. 16 cm x 24 cm. XII, 513 pages including many illustrations and maps. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Includes for example the following chapters: Complications in Murmansk / Siberia in March 1918 / The First Japanese Landing / The Czechoslovak Legion / Robins and Summers / Arthur Bullard and the “Compub” / Decision on Murmansk and Archangel / The Decision on Siberia / July and the Final Breakup etc.

″In 1918 the U.S. government decided to involve itself with the Russian Revolution by sending troops to Siberia. This book re-creates that unhappily memorable storythe arrival of British marines at Murmansk, the diplomatic maneuvering, the growing Russian hostility, the uprising of Czechoslovak troops in central Siberia which threatened to overturn the Bolsheviks, the acquisitive ambitions of the Japanese in Manchuria, and finally the decision by President Wilson to intervene with American troops. Of this period Kennan writes, “Never, surely, in the history of American diplomacy, has so much been paid for so little”.” (Publisher)

• Keywords: America · American History · History · International Politics · International Relations · Russian History · Siberia · Soviet · Twentieth Century
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780691008424
• Inventory Number: 72783AB

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