Episode 58 - The Plot Thickens

Support for an intervention into Siberia begins to build momentum as apprehensions over the new Bolshevik government in Russia grow. But it's the appearance of tens of thousands of armed Czechs in the region that really knocks down any barriers to sending an armed force in.    Bibliography for this episode:  Morley, James William The Japanese Thrust Into Siberia, 1918 Columbia University Press, 1954 Dunscombm, Paul E Japan's Siberian Intervention 1918-1922 Lexington Books, 2011 McClain, James L A Modern History of Japan WW Norton & Company Inc, 2002 Duus, Peter The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 6: The Twentieth Century Cambridge University Press 1988   Questions? Comments? Email me at [email protected]