It was Lenin, not Stalin, who turned his utopian dream of a new Communist global order into a living nightmare. - Arthur Herman

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

What Wilson aspired to be, to be hailed as the savior of his people and the light of humanity, Lenin had already achieved, but through unbelievable brutality and ruthlessness, and in a broken, starving country.

Acceding to Roosevelt's request would have cemented Wilson's standing with pro-war Republicans; turning him down alienated them permanently.