Russia Leaves the WarWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and the Parkman Prize From acclaimed diplomat and historian George Kennan, a landmark history of the crucial months in 19171918 that forged the pattern of Soviet American relations When the Bolsheviks seized power in November 1917, American diplomats in St. Petersburg and Moscow found themselves in a bewildering situation. Should the new regime be recognised? What was its true