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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784090403321

Autore

Dukes Paul <1934, >

Titolo

The USA in the making of the USSR : the Washington Conference, 1921-1922, and uninvited Russia / / Paul Dukes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-33148-7

1-134-33149-5

0-203-68583-0

1-280-05164-7

0-203-39139-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon studies on the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; ; 2

Classificazione

15.50

Disciplina

327.1/09/041

Soggetti

Disarmament - History - 20th century

World politics - 1919-1932

United States Foreign relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1921-1923

East Asia Strategic aspects

Pacific Area Strategic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-150) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Synchronic table, 1921  1922; Map; Introduction: before the Washington Conference; The Washington Conference: armaments and the Far East; Soviet Russia and the USA: the new diplomacy; The Far Eastern Republic: a Trojan Horse?; After the Washington Conference: conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The USA's contribution to the making of the USSR was accidental. In the belief that the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic could not survive, American statesmen strove to keep the former Tsarist empire intact for a non-communist successor regime in the face of attempts by other powers to carve out spheres of influence in both European and Asiatic Russia. In this manner, they unwittingly facilitated the formation



of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.This book shows the importance of the 'Russian question' at the Washington Conference and throws light on the emergence of