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Author Hopkins, Charles Howard, 1905- author.

Title American Jews and the Root mission to Russia in 1917 : some new evidence / C. Howard Hopkins and John W. Long.

Publication Info. [Baltimore, MD] : [Johns Hopkins University Press for the American Jewish Historical Society], 1980.

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 Moore Rider Faculty Publications Collection  Faculty E184.36.P64 H66 1980    Available  Ask Librarian for access
 Moore Stacks  E184.36.P64 H66 1980    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 342-354 pages ; 22 cm
Series American Jewish history.
Note Reprint from American Jewish History, vol. LXIX, no. 3, March 1980.
Summary In April 1917, President Wilson sent a mission headed by Elihu Root to Russia to demonstrate support for the Provisional Government, and to ascertain how America might help Russia to continue to prosecute its war effort. Although the mission may first have been proposed by Oscar S. Straus, and it was of great interest to American Jews, it had no Jewish members. John R. Mott was its general spokesman "for religious and social benefit," and he was briefed on Jewish matters by Louis S. Brandeis. During Mott's brief sojourn in Russia, he interviewed Baron Gintsburg, G.B. Sliozberg (1863-1937), and E.V. Chlenov (1863-1918). Mott's notes--here reprinted in edited form--constitute an important source on the Jewish situation in Russia at this time. The Root mission achieved no apparent success, and shortly thereafter the Bolsheviks rose to power. Based on the Mott Papers at Yale Divinity School, government documents, and secondary sources; 39 notes.
Local Note Rider Faculty Publications
Subject Jews -- United States -- Politics and government.
Jews.
United States.
Politics and government.
Jews -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Root, Elihu, 1845-1937.
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937.
Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955.
Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955.
Jews -- Russia (Federation) -- History -- 20th century.
Russia (Federation)
United States -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
International relations.
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Russia (Federation) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921)
Diplomatic relations.
Jews -- Politics and government.
Soviet Union.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History.
Added Author Long, John Wendell, 1939- author.

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