The decision to intervene / by George F. Kennan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennan, George F., author.

Series:

Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005. Soviet-American relations, 1917-1920 ; Volume 2.

Princeton Legacy Library

Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920 ; Volume 2

Princeton legacy library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

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

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1958.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 1918 the United States Government decided to involve itself in the Russian Revolution by sending troops to Siberia. This book recreates that unhappily memorable story-the arrival of British marines at Murmansk, the diplomatic maneuvering, the growing Russian hostility, the uprising of the 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. The Decision to Intervene is the second of three volumes in Mr. Kennan's distinguished chronicle of Soviet-American relations. Mr. Kennan's method is to view a small but crucial segment of history in all its developing intricacy and detail. With rare literary skill he shows distinct individuals acting in an unfolding drama which they understand only partially and on which their influence is limited. Only by such a method can one learn how events seemed to those who took part in them, and how such momentous decisions (as Wilson's decision to intervene in Russia surely was), are actually made.Originally published in 1958.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

Prologue

I. The Russian North

II. Complications in Murmansk

III. Siberia in March 1918

IV. The First Japanese Landing

V. The Wraith of allied-soviet Collaboration

VI. The Czechoslovak Legion

VII. Robins and Summers

VIII. Arthur Bullard and the "Compub"

IX. Robins' Departure

X. Envoi to Robins

XI. The North in April and May

XII. The Americans and the Czech Uprising

XIII. Consul Poole and the Future of the Czechs

XIV. Private American Influences

XV. The Ripening of the Siberian Question

XVI. Decision on Murmansk and Archangel

XVII. The Decision on Siberia

XVIII. The Despatch of American Forces to Russia

XIX. July and the Final Breakup

XX. The End at Moscow

Epilogue

Appendices

Acknowledgments

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1958.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-691-65276-7

1-4008-7981-7

OCLC:

967528312