The USA in the Making of the USSR: The Washington Conference, 1921-22 and 'Uninvited Russia'
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...
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Although the Soviet Union was not represented at the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments of 1921-2, it was a major influence on the proceedings, which in turn helped shape the shape of the Soviet Union, according to Dukes (emeritus, U. of Aberdeen, UK). He argues that U.S., because of its policy of the Open Door and a belief in the impermanency of the Soviets, tried to maintain the former empire intact, thus easing the Soviet consolidation of the Soviet Socialist Republics. He further explores Russia's attempts to influence the conference through the trade delegation of the Far Eastern Republic, the nominally independent country mostly controlled by the Soviets, as well as the beginnings of U.S.-Soviet diplomacy. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Synchronic table, 1921-19221Introduction : before the Washington Conference12The Washington Conference : armaments and the Far East253Soviet Russia and the USA : the new diplomacy484The Far Eastern Republic : a Trojan horse?745After the Washington Conference : conclusion100
