TY - BOOK ID - 73142839 TI - The USA in the making of the USSR : the Washington Conference, 1921-1922, and "uninvited Russia" PY - 2004 SN - 0415329302 020339139X 9780203391396 9780415329309 9786610051649 661005164X 1134331495 0203685830 1280051647 9781134331444 9781134331482 9781134331499 9780415653091 1134331487 9780203685839 9781280051647 PB - London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, DB - UniCat KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - Soviet Union KW - 1921-1923 KW - World politics KW - 1919-1932 KW - East Asia KW - Strategic aspects KW - Disarmament KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Arms control KW - Limitation of armament KW - Military power KW - Armed Forces KW - Arms race KW - Military readiness KW - Military weapons KW - Peace KW - Security, International KW - Conference on the Limitation of Armament KW - Conférence de la limitation des armements KW - Conferencia sobre limitación de armamentos KW - Hua fu hui i KW - Hua-sheng-tun hui i KW - International Conference on Naval Limitation KW - Kafu Kaigi KW - Limitation of Armament, Conference on the KW - Tʻai-pʻing yang hui i KW - Washington Conference KW - Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments KW - Washington, D.C. Conference on the Limitation of Armament, KW - Washington Naval Conference KW - Washingtoner Konferenz, KW - Washinton Kaigi KW - Pacific Area KW - Asia-Pacific Region KW - Asian-Pacific Region KW - Asian and Pacific Council countries KW - Pacific Ocean Region KW - Pacific Region KW - Pacific Rim KW - Strategic aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:73142839 AB - 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 importance of the 'Russian question' at the Washington Conference and throws light on the emergence of ER -