Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Map: Russia in 1919; ONE: America and Russia; TWO: Origins of an Economic Program; THREE: Operations and Obstacles; FOUR: The Bureau in Limbo; FIVE: The Bureau in 1919; SIX: Relief Proposals, 1919-1920; SEVEN: Conclusion: Wilson and Russia; Notes; Bibliograph; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary
The American position on Russia during the First World War was defined by the same idealism that guided our relations with other countries. Woodrow Wilson and American leaders had hailed the Revolution of March 1917 as an expression of the true spirit of Russia, a harbinger of democracy. The Bolshevik revolt and the civil war that followed were, in their eyes, only temporary disturbances. Still, the growth of the new democracy would only prosper if the Russians could restore order to their beleaguered land. In this book Linda Killen examines a hitherto neglected instrument of American policy in
