Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
5. PROLOGUE 1
6. CHAPTER I. THE IMMEDIATE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 8
7. CHAPTER II. PERSONALITIES 27
8. CHAPTER III. FIRST REACTIONS 71
9. CHAPTER IV. THE SOVIET APPROACH TO AN ARMISTICE 85
10. CHAPTER V. FIRST PROBLEMS OF “CONTACT” WITH THE SOVIET AUTHORITIES 99
11. CHAPTER VI. ALLIED DELIBERATIONS IN PARIS 131
12. CHAPTER VII. WILSON AND THE WAR AIMS 140
13. CHAPTER VIII. LANSING AND THE RECOGNITION PROBLEM 149
14. CHAPTER IX. THE PROBLEM OF ANTI-BOLSHEVIK RUSSIA 160
15. CHAPTER X. THE KALPASHNIKOV AFFAIR 191
16. CHAPTER XI. THE FIRST BREST-LITOVSK CRISIS 219
17. CHAPTER XII. THE FOURTEEN POINTS 242
18. CHAPTER XIII. SIBERIA–THE BACKGROUND 275
19. CHAPTER XIV. SIBERIA–THE FIRST EXCHANGES 291
20. CHAPTER XV. JAPAN ASKS FOR A FREE HAND 316
21. CHAPTER XVI. THE DIAMANDI INCIDENT 330
22. CHAPTER XVII. THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 343
23. CHAPTER XVIII. BREST-LITOVSK AND THE AMERICANS 364
24. CHAPTER XIX. WASHINGTON AND THE PROBLEM OF “CONTACTS” 378
25. CHAPTER XX. COMPLICATIONS IN PETROGRAD 397
26. CHAPTER XXI. THE BREAKUP IN PETROGRAD 412
27. CHAPTER XXII. THE SISSON PAPERS 441
28. CHAPTER XXIII. SIBERIA AND THE FINAL BREST-LITOVSK CRISIS 458
29. CHAPTER XXIV. ROBINS AND RATIFICATION 486
30. APPENDIX 519
31. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 523
32. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 525
33. INDEX 533