America really has been at war with Russia. Not in the Cold War sense, but a real shooting war with Allied troops invading the motherland. Don't believe it? Just watch and find out. This war changed everything for US-Soviet relations and is a very real corollary to the Cold War. From 1918-1920, America, Britain, France, Japan, and others came together to intervene in the Russian Civil War. It was caused by the October Revolution and the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Despite having the ability to destroy fledgling communism, the allies failed in every regard, losing sight of their mission along the way. This is their story. For those who know about the intervention and are wondering why I don't mention the Czech Legion: I was trying to keep this short. They were significant in the very beginning (though normally overstated), but by the time the Allies arrived in Siberia, they had the situation fairly well handled. So in other words, they are not entirely necessary to account for. ------------------------------------------------------------ The soldier quote: Reed, Ernest and Gordon Smith. “Russian and Siberian Interventions.” New York Times: Current History 32, no 1 (Apr 1930): 59-69. Both the other quotes I read: Halliday, E.M. The Ignorant Armies. New York: Bantam, 1958. https://amzn.to/2OzcWuD - also, if you can find it, this is by far the most fun book to read The best academic work on the subject: Kennan, George F. The Decision to Intervene: Soviet American Relations, 1917-1920, Volume II. Princeton, N.Jer.: Princeton University Press, 1956. https://amzn.to/2vGXzZO The general historiography: Alston, Charlotte. “British Journalism and the Campaign for Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1918-20.” Revolutionary Russia 20, iss. 1 (May 2007): 35-49. Carley, Michael. “The Origins of the French Intervention in the Russian Civil War, January-May 1918: A Reappraisal.” The Journal of Modern History 48, no. 3