Debunking the Falsehoods of Historical Interpretations: Arnold Spekke on George Kennan’s “Soviet-American Relations, 1917–1920. The Decision to Intervene”
Journal: Latvijas Universitātes Žurnāls Vēsture
Year: 2023

In the spring of 1958, Arnold Spekke, Charge d’Affaires in Washington D.C., having read George Kennan’s book “Soviet-American Relations, 1917–1920. The Decision to Intervene” decided to write a comment on certain facts expressed in the book. He concentrated on the description of the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family, as well as the fact that the book did not mention the Latvian units that fought under Allied leadership, namely, the Troitsk battalion as part of the 3rd Czechoslovak Div