The Road to Intervention (1988) uses rarely-seen British government papers to analyse the position of the Allied and Russian governments in the last year of the First World War, as the Russian revolution ended their participation in the war and the Western Allies feared a huge German offensive in France in consequence. The British government called for intervention in Russia; Trotsky played off the British against the Germans; the French and British were at loggerheads over the Czech Legion; and the Americans and Japanese argued over intervention in Siberia.
1. Siberia and the Russian Fleets 2. Allied Intervention: Bolshevik Invitation or British Ultimatum? 3. The Russian Opposition and the Czechs 4. The Czechs and the Baltic Fleet 5. New British Policy: Czech Intervention 6. The Czech Revolt and the French Embargo 7. Cecil’s Resignation and the Czech Success 8. The Coming Intervention: the Czechs and the Russian Fleets 9. The Coming Intervention: Northern Russia and Siberia 10. The American Decision 11. Reactions in London and Tokyo 12. August 1918: the Allies Intervene 13. November 1918: Minor Intervention Fails
Biography
Michael Kettle
