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

by Georg Schild

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. Contrary to the belief that when Wilson sent American troops to intervene in 1918, his goal was to establish a democratic order in Russia, this book shows that his actions were more pragmatic. Wilson's belief in the superiority of liberalism over totalitarianism was so strong...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313295700
• ISBN13: 9780313295706
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"