Decision to Intervene / / George Frost Kennan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Kennan, George Frost,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1958
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1928
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (542 p.)

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.

Table of 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