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George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War. He lectured widely and wrote scholarly histories of the relations between the USSR and the United States.
Mar 19, 2024 · George F. Kennan (born February 16, 1904, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.—died March 17, 2005, Princeton, New Jersey) was an American diplomat and historian best known for his successful advocacy of a “ containment policy” to oppose Soviet expansionism following World War II.
Mar 18, 2005 · March 18, 2005. George F. Kennan, the American diplomat who did more than any other envoy of his generation to shape United States policy during the cold war, died on Thursday night in...
Mar 1, 2007 · Kennan Institute. Russia. The name George F. Kennan will forever be equated with the word "containment," the U.S. foreign policy strategy he authored for dealing with the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War. Through numerous writings and career roles—diplomat, historian, adviser, public intellectual, and political scientist among them ...
May 23, 2018 · Born February 16, 1904. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. U.S. diplomat, historian, and author. G eorge F. Kennan is considered one of the greatest diplomats and statesmen of the United States. Kennan played a major role in formulating U.S. foreign policy, especially on the issue of Soviet-U.S. relations during the early stages of the Cold War.
Nov 6, 2011 · Louis Menand writes about the American diplomat George Kennan, who guided U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, despite his admiration for Russia.
Dec 7, 2011 · For much of the Cold War, George F. Kennan was America's best-known diplomat and a leading Soviet scholar. His reputation was based in large part on the 1947 essay he wrote on containment,...
