Wilson Center Experts
Hugh Phillips
Short-Term Grant
Kennan Institute
Expertise:
Russia and Eurasia
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University
Wilson Center Project(s):
Maksim M. Litvinov and his role as ambassador for the Soviet Union to the U.S. during World War II
Term:
Jul 01, 1986
Aug 01, 1986
Project Summary
research on the activities of Maxim M. Litvinov in his capacity as the USSRs ambassador to the United States during World War II; focus on Litviniovs career as a young revolutionary, as a Deputy Commissar for Foreign Affairs in the 1920s and as the USSRs third Commissar for Foreign Affairs from 1930 to 1939