Alternative paths : Soviets and Americans, 1917-1920 / David W. McFadden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McFadden, David W., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1917 and 1920--from the Bolshevik Revolution to the definitive statement of American opposition to Bolshevik Russia--Soviets and Americans searched for ways to effect meaningful interactions between their two nations in the absence of formal diplomatic relations. During these years, wide-ranging discussions occurred on a variety of serious issues, from military collaboration and economic relations to the comprehensive settlement of political and military disputes. At the same time, extensive debates took place in both countries about the nature of the relations between them. As McFadde

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Lenin's American Policy; 2. Many Actors in Search of a Policy: U.S. Discussions About the Bolsheviks, 1917-1919; 3. Judson, Trotsky, and Bolshevik-American Military Collaboration, 1917-1918; 4. Raymond Robins and Discussions on Political and Economic Cooperation, 1917-1918; 5. Chicherin-Poole Discussions, May to August, 1918; 6. Isolation and the Struggle for Contact; 7. Maksim Litvinov and the Bolshevik Opening to the West; 8. Paris I: The Prinkipo Failure; 9. Paris II: Bullitt's Mission to Lenin; 10. Paris III: Hoovcr-Nansen-The Politics of Food Relief

11. The Bolsheviks and Economic Diplomacy, 1919-192012. The United States Responds: Red Scare and Definitive Policy, 1919-1920; CONCLUSION: Interaction and Exploration; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-418) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771117-0

1-280-44121-6

1-4237-3749-0

0-19-536115-6

1-60129-846-3

OCLC:

475957627