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The Allies did not decide to intervene in Russia independently of other strategic considerations. The Great War spawned the decision. It grew out of what was considered a “necessity” following a string of strategic reversals experienced in 1917. For the Allies, it was a time of both crisis and pessimism.
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Moffat, I.C.D. (2015). Year of Crisis, 1917. In: The Allied Intervention in Russia, 1918–1920. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137435736_2
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