Between Ideology and Realpolitik: Woodrow Wilson and the Russian Revolution, 1917-1921 Tapa dura - 1995

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In this concise interpretation of Wilson's Russian policy, Schild challenges the belief that Wilson's response to the 1917 October Revolution was exclusively ideological. Wilson's belief in the superiority of liberalism over totalitaria

Praeger Pub Text, 1995. Hardcover. New. 192 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.50 inches.

Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press, 1995. Comprehensive scholarly text presents a detailed interpretation of Wilson's Russian policy in which Schild challenges the belief that Wilson's reaction to the 1917 October Revolution was exclusively ideological. In contrast to the belief that when Wilson sent American troops to intervene in July 1918, his goal was to aid liberal groups in Russia and thus to establish a democratic order, this book shows that his actions were more pragmatic. Wilson did, indeed, have a liberal anti-Bolshevik agenda. However, his belief in the superiority of liberalism over totalitarianism was so strong that he expected democratic forces in Russia to take power without any outside aid. At the Paris Peace Conference, he rejected all suggestions for a Western anti-Soviet crusade or for a division of Russia. His 1918 decision to intervene was not part of Wilson's ideological confrontation with the Bolsheviks. It was based on an effort to maintain unity with the British and… Leer más