in addition to some month they got for the anti-bolshevik and british gave even more. they gave something like 100 million pounds college would be like $200 million. a lot of aid has been sent to anti-bolshevik and i went through the railway, the only way to get it to them. there was no transportation in siberia except for that one railway. so wilson's idealistically control part of that, we can get all this aid and let them create -- re-create brescia. >> host: professor richard, did that have any effect on the bolsheviks? >> guest: it blew up in our faces as interventions often do. it reminds me of the light philosopher who said we learn from history that we do not learn from his jury because the same thing that blew up on our faces strengthen the bolsheviks. if we think about these foreign armies committing to russia, even though ours is very small, the japanese who would agree to his dad that most 12,000, sent 72,000 soldiers. their idea was not -- you couldn't care less about the bolsheviks. their idea was to control the eastern siberia. this is exactly what wilson

in addition to some of the got for the anti-bolsheviks and the british gave even more. something like 100 million pounds which would be like $200 million. so there's a lot of aid being sent to the anti-bolsheviks and they went through that railway as the only way to get it to them. there was no transportation except for that one railway. so wilson's idea was if we just control part of that and give all this aid to the bolsheviks had what then re-create russia. >> host: professor richart, did those troops -- to that strategy have an effect on the bolsheviks? >> guest: it blew up in our faces as their interventions often do. it reminds me of the philosopher who said we learn from history that we do not learn from his duty because the same thing happens a lot in american intervention. it blew up in our faces. if you think about the foreign armies coming into russia, even though ours is very well, the japanese who had agreed to send most as well, since 72,000 soldiers. their idea was they couldn't care less about the bolsheviks. they reduce to control the eastern siberia. th

the russians themselves, the anti bolsheviks should be the ones to do it, not some big, for an army. his idea was that -- only 8500 troops. his idea is that this would provide support, control the railway so that we can send aid. .. this is what today they call mission creep. you start with one mission and you end up with another. the reason they stayed a year and a half is that wilson began to see the bolsheviks. he looked around at the postwar world, especially europe and he said you've got all these hungry

of the idea they will protect sup part of the trans siberian railroad to get a to the anti-bolsheviks' a and as they could overthrow them to do reach. >>host: whose idea was that? >>guest: the allies are pressuring wilson to do this because they were scared. >>host: they were specifically asking the wilson government to go into russia? >>guest: right. with there was a difference of philosophy because they thought of the massive invasion of russia especially with the japanese troops because japan was the only ally that was not engaged on the western front they thought they could go petra and siberian railway to russia but that was not wilson's idea at all. he said hist the russians will just rise up against that. especially 14 years earlier. the last thing they want is a foreign army to go in there going right into the hands of germany so his idea was a little different that he wanted the troops to keep a low profile, and added dave army and so his