1st Edition

Encounter with Kennan The Great Debate

By George F. Kennan Copyright 1979
    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1979. We associate Professor Kennan, with what came to be known as a doctrine of containment, the first serious theoretical attempt within the American foreign policy establishment to understand the consequences for world affairs of a suddenly substantial and quite visible Soviet power. This collection of debates includes an opening conversation between Kennan and George Urban.

    Chapter 1 A Conversation, George F. Kennan, George Urban; Chapter 2 George Kennan’s Illusions, Hugh Seton-Watson; Chapter 3 Mr. X Reconsiders, George F. Kennan; Chapter 4 Mr X’s Revisions, Richard Pipes; Chapter 5 The Two Minds of George Kennan, Leopold Labedz; Chapter 6 Dealing with Soviet-Global Power, Richard Lowenthal; Chapter 7 A Last Warning, George F. Kennan; Chapter 8 A Rejoinder, Richard Pipes; Chapter 9 A Last Critique, Leopold Labedz;

    Biography

    George Kennan, Leopold Labedz, Melvin J. Lasky, Richard Lowenthal, Richard Pipes, Hugh Seton-Watson, George Urban