"When an astonishing revolution toppled the Russian autocracy early in 1917, James L. Houghteling Jr., a special attaché to the US embassy in Russia, was one of the very few Americans present who daily recorded the striking events he witnessed and the comments he heard from both Russian and foreign observers. The diary of the thirty-three-year-old Chicago native therefore provides a rare and valuable record of dramatic developments in the streets of the wartime capital, Petrograd. It also offers unusual insights into how Russian elites and foreign diplomats, journalists, and business owners viewed the actions of soldiers, workers, and political leaders who shaped the revolution.
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A Diary of the Russian Revolution offers a rare firsthand account of the 1917 overthrow of the Romanov monarchy, as seen through the eyes of James L. Houghteling Jr., one of the few Americans in Petrograd.
David S.Foglesong Editors introduction; A Diary of the Russian
Revolution; Preface; Introduction ; I. Petrograd in War Time ; II.
Rumblings ; III. The Lull ; IV. The Revolt ; V. The News Bulletins of the
Revolution ; VI. The New Order Replaces the Old ; VII. Reconstruction ; VIII.
Order or Chaos? ; IX. The Turn Toward Order; Index
David Foglesong is a professor of history at Rutgers University. His current research on how U.S. and Soviet citizen diplomats contributed to the overcoming of enmity between their nations in the 1980s has led to the publication of articles in Cold War History, Kontsept, and Diplomatic History.
