The United States was far more concerned with the stability of europe than the politics of european heads of state in the aftermath of World War 1 which saw the collapse of multiple european empires. The Russian Civil war started during World War 1 and ended in 1922 when the USSR was finally formed.
The United States, (or rather US corporations uniquely unravaged by World War 1), were at the time investing heavily in German rearmament to dodge Versailles. The Soviet Union and the German Republic were nominally allies in the 1920s, so in a sense you could say the United States saw the benefit of Stalin stabilizing the USSR.
But I wouldn’t go so far as to say America has much of a stake in Stalin, or was even rooting for him until approximately 1941.
The United States was far more concerned with the stability of europe than the politics of european heads of state in the aftermath of World War 1 which saw the collapse of multiple european empires. The Russian Civil war started during World War 1 and ended in 1922 when the USSR was finally formed.
The United States, (or rather US corporations uniquely unravaged by World War 1), were at the time investing heavily in German rearmament to dodge Versailles. The Soviet Union and the German Republic were nominally allies in the 1920s, so in a sense you could say the United States saw the benefit of Stalin stabilizing the USSR.
But I wouldn’t go so far as to say America has much of a stake in Stalin, or was even rooting for him until approximately 1941.