George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 - March 17, 2005) was an American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War. He later wrote standard histories of the relations between Russia and the Western powers. In the late 1940s, his writings inspired the Truman Doctrine and the U.S. foreign policy of "containing" the Soviet Union, … Wikipedia
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Correction to This Article The March 18 obituary of George F. Kennan incorrectly said that the diplomat and historian was educated at a military school in Delaware. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45242-2005Mar17.html
Obituary George Kennan, diplomat and historian Mar 23rd 2005 From The Economist print edition IN LATER life, George Kennan felt his words had been much misunderstood. economist.com/people/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3786321
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George F. Kennan (1904-2005), a distinguished US diplomat and historian, was one of the primary architects of US strategy during the Truman Administration. www.geocities.com/rwvong/future/kennan.html
In February 1946, in response to the State Department, Kennan sent an 8,000-word cable (the famous "long telegram") to Washington explaining why he believed the Soviets acted as they did. www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/kennan/
