Historians routinely fault Alexander Kerensky for not withdrawing from WWI. Russia wasn't just losing badly, the war crippled the economy and millions of Russians were killed. When Kerensky kept Russia in the war and his offensive failed, popular support for his democracy evaporated and within months the Soviets came to power. Had Kerensky decided to negotiate a withdrawal from WWI in summer 1917 instead of escalating the war, how long would his government have lasted?