Conventional Wisdom on the Origins of the First World War Conventional wisdom, among both scholars and general readers, is that…
An Explorer Discovers Russia George Kennan was born in Norwalk, Ohio, in 1845 and at the age of twelve began…
The surprisingly cordial relationship that developed between President Abraham Lincoln and Tsar Alexander II, a relationship described in previous “Reflections…
In the summer of 2008, Marge and I visited the Oshkosh Public Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to see a special…
In the early decades following the War of Independence with Great Britain, Americans felt drawn to Russia for numerous reasons.…
In his book, Democracy in America, written in 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville made a remarkable observation about Russia and America:…
Russia Withstands Napoleon’s Attack While America was engaged in another war with the British, Adams was a witness to the…
Adams’ First Meeting with Alexander I Adams was a brilliant intellectual whose father, John Adams, one of America’s founders, insisted…
During America’s War of Independence against British colonial rule, efforts were made by Congressional leaders to form alliances with European…
Building Commercial Relations with Russia When Francis Dana, America’s first diplomat assigned to Russia, arrived in St. Petersburg, he wrote…