Wall Street & the Bolshevik Revolution

<p class=ql-align-justify>Since the early 1920s numerous pamphlets and articles even a few books have sought to forge a link between international bankers and Bolshevik revolutionaries. Rarely have these attempts been supported by hard evidence and never have such attempts been argued within the framework of a scientific methodology. Indeed some of the evidence used in these efforts has been fraudulent some has been irrelevant much cannot be checked. Examination of the topic by academic writers has been studiously avoided; probably because the hypothesis offends the neat dichotomy of capitalists versus Communists (and everyone knows of course that these are bitter enemies). Moreover because a great deal that has been written borders on the absurd a sound academic reputation could easily be wrecked on the shoals of ridicule. Reason enough to avoid the topic.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Fortunately the State Department Decimal File particularly the 861.00 section contains extensive documentation on the hypothesized link. When the evidence in these official papers is merged with nonofficial evidence from biographies personal papers and conventional histories a truly fascinating story emerges.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>We find there was a link between <em>some </em>New York international bankers and <em>many </em>revolutionaries including Bolsheviks. These banking gentlemen - who are here identified - had a financial stake in and were rooting for the success of the Bolshevik Revolution.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Who why - and for how much - is the story in this book.</p><p></p>