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245 1. $a The |Russian job $d Texte imprimé $e the forgotten story of how America saved the Soviet Union from ruin $f Douglas Smith
250 .. $u 1 $a 1st ed.
260 .1 $a New York $c Farrar, Straus and Giroux $d [2019]
280 .. $a 1 vol. (303 pages) $c illustrations, maps $d 24 cm
300 .. $a Includes bibliographical references p. 277-283 and index
330 .. $a "The harrowing, little-known story of the ARA, an American effort to save the newly-formed
Soviet Union from a disastrous famine" ; 1921. Facing one of the worst famines in
history, the new Soviet government under Vladimir Lenin invited the American Relief
Administration, Herbert Hoover's brainchild, to save communist Russia from ruin. For
two years a small band of Americans fed more than ten million men, women, and children
across a million square miles of territory. They prevented the loss of countless lives,
social unrest on a massive scale, and, quite possibly, the collapse of the communist
state-- and the Soviet government managed to erase the memory of American charity.
Smith resurrects the story of the ARA: a story filled with political intrigue, espionage,
the clash of ideologies, violence, adventure, and romance, and some of the great historical
figures of the twentieth century. -- adapted from jacket
606 .. $3 12048951 $a Aide alimentaire américaine $3 11939738 $y URSS $3 11976044 $z +* 1900......- 1945......+:1900-1945:
606 .. $3 13319281 $a Aide alimentaire $3 11939738 $y URSS $3 11976044 $z +* 1900......- 1945......+:1900-1945:
606 .. $3 13318853 $a Famines $3 11939738 $y URSS $3 11976044 $z +* 1900......- 1945......+:1900-1945:
829 1. $a Map ; Prologue: Mr. Wolfe's horrifying discovery ; 1921 ; 1922 ; 1923 ; A note
on sources ; Select bibliography ; Acknowledgments ; Index.
