Böcker av Donald E. Davis

Reviews the Wilson administration's attitudes toward Russia before, during, and after the Bolshevik seizure of power. The authors argue that before the Russian Revolution, Woodrow Wilson had little understanding of Russia and made poor appointments that cost the United States Russian goodwill.

Traces American prejudices toward Russia and China by focusing on the views of influential writers and politicians over the course of the twentieth century. This work shows where American images of Russia and China originated, and how they have helped sustain foreign policies generally negative toward the former and positive toward the latter.