A Diary of the Russian Revolution

<p>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.</p>