George F. Kennan
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George Frost Kennan 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
Kennan in 1947
Kennan in the Princeton University yearbook, 1925
Kennan c. 1950
George Kennan testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1966
Truman Doctrine
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The Truman Doctrine is a U.S. foreign policy that pledges American support for U.S.-aligned nations against alleged authoritarian threats. The doctrine originated with the primary goal of countering t
George F. Kennan
…and the United States. He was also one of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men". During the late 1940s, his writings confirmed the Truman Doctrine and inspired the U.S. foreign policy of containing the USSR. His "Long Telegram" from Moscow in 1946 and the subsequent 1947 article "The Sources of…
King George II of Greece (r. 1922–24, 1935–1947), whose rule was opposed by communist insurgents in the Greek Civil War
George F. Kennan proposed the doctrine of containment in 1946
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