The Decision to Intervene

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The Decision to Intervene is a historical study by George F. Kennan analyzing the United States’ involvement in the Russian Civil War and the broader context of early 20th-century foreign policy.

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instanceOf book
historical study
about Allied policy toward the Bolshevik regime
Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War
surface form: U.S. military expedition to Siberia

Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War
surface form: U.S. military expedition to northern Russia

containment of Bolshevism (as perceived at the time)
interaction between domestic politics and foreign policy in the United States
relations between the United States, Britain, France, and Japan over Russia
academicDiscipline diplomatic history
history
international relations
analyzes debates within the U.S. government over intervention
motivations for U.S. intervention in Russia
relations between the United States and its Allies regarding Russia
author George F. Kennan
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
focusesOn U.S. diplomacy toward revolutionary Russia
Woodrow Wilson administration
policy-making in Washington, D.C.
genre diplomatic history
history
political history
hasAuthorBackground George F. Kennan as a U.S. diplomat and historian
hasPerspective U.S.-centered diplomatic perspective
archival research-based analysis
hasTheme limits of military intervention in civil conflicts
misperceptions in international relations
tension between ideology and national interest in foreign policy
historicalPeriod Russian Civil War era
World War I
early 20th century
language English
mainSubject Allied intervention in Russia
Russian Civil War
U.S. foreign policy in the early 20th century
Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War
surface form: United States intervention in the Russian Civil War
notableFor detailed reconstruction of U.S. decision-making on Russian intervention
influence on scholarship about early U.S.–Soviet relations
use of primary diplomatic sources
partOf George F. Kennan’s studies of Soviet–American relations
relatedWork United States–Soviet Union relations
surface form: Soviet–American Relations, 1917–1920
setInContextOf Russian Revolution
surface form: Bolshevik Revolution

collapse of the Russian Empire
peace settlement after World War I
usesSourceType diplomatic correspondence
government documents
personal papers of policymakers

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George F. Kennan notableWork The Decision to Intervene