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George Frost Kennan

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Noun1.George Frost Kennan - United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)
diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations


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[George Kennan: A Writing Life, Lee Congdon, ISI, 183 pages] IN HIS FAMOUS 1947 ARTICLE, "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," George Frost Kennan (under the now famous pseudonym Mr.
For a few years, from 1946 to 1949, George Frost Kennan was at the center of world events.
Realists, who deplored what diplomat George Frost Kennan called the 'moralist -legalistic' approach of the US to international affairs, argued that had Washington conceded to the Soviets their own sphere of influence, the worst episodes of the Cold War could have been avoided.
 
 
 
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