Barnes Carr on The Lenin Plot: The Unknown Story of America's War Against Russia
b"(1/15/21) It remains one of the most audacious spy plots in American history\\u2014a bold and extremely dangerous operation to invade Russia, defeat the Red Army and mount a coup in Moscow against Soviet dictator Vladimir Ilich Lenin. The Lenin Plot had the \\u201centire approval\\u201d of President Woodrow Wilson. The result was thousands of deaths, both military and civilian, on both sides. Barnes Carr\\u2019s latest book The Lenin Plot: The Unknown Story of America's War Against Russia offers rare insight into the beginnings of the Cold War. Join us for a look at this largely untold episode in American history in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI."