Thursday, March 17, 2005

George F. Kennan, 1904-2005

The New York Times runs an obituary for the architect of Cold War containment, George F. Kennan, who died on March 17.

Addendum: Excerpts from the original "Long Telegram" are presented here by The New York Times.

Furthermore: Kennen's 1947 "Sources of Soviet Conduct" article from Foreign Affairs is available here.

The Boston Globe outlines the friendly rivalry between Kennan and fellow State Department member, Paul Nitze, the principal author of NSC-68.

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