Decision to Intervene (Princeton Legacy Library) - Hardcover

Kennan, George Frost

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691056080 ISBN 13: 9780691056081

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1958

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

George F. Kennan is the author of twenty books and has been awarded both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He is a member and past president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and is currently professor emeritus at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1958
• ISBN 10: 0691056080
• ISBN 13: 9780691056081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1