Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World Highlight

until it became clear the Reds in Moscow would not fall, American food aid seemed to concentrate in anticommunist areas, providing White militias the resources to bribe local populations and keep trying their luck against the Bolsheviks.26 Hoover conceived of the food aid as an explicitly anticommunist program, hoping to give capitalist-aligned elements an incentive to overthrow leftist leaders.