there was no Russian army anymore to fight. "They have voted with their feet by running away," Lenin said sardonically. - Arthur Herman

the Secret Service had unearthed a covert industrial spy network operating at the behest of a German commercial attaché

Like many high-minded people, Wilson, when faced with opposition that he considered evil but which refused to yield to his arguments, felt no compunction about simply crossing his arms and refusing to play the game.

First, those who seemed to be trying to stop further revolution might actually be allies in preserving it. Second, the real threat would come from someone who until now had been entirely removed from events, and who had the smallest political following of anyone in Russia, namely Lenin.