George F. Kennan

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author diplomat historian human political scientist

George F. Kennan was an American diplomat and historian best known as the principal architect of the U.S. Cold War strategy of containment toward the Soviet Union.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
George F. Kennan canonical	13
George Frost Kennan	1
George Kennan	1
Kennan	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author ⓘ diplomat ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ political scientist ⓘ
awardReceived	National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ surface form: National Book Award Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for History ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1904-02-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2005-03-17 ⓘ
educatedAt	United States Foreign Service ⓘ surface form: Foreign Service School of the U.S. State Department Princeton University ⓘ Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin
employer	United States Department of State ⓘ
familyName	George F. Kennan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kennan
fieldOfWork	Soviet studies ⓘ diplomatic history ⓘ international relations ⓘ
fullName	George F. Kennan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George Frost Kennan
givenName	George ⓘ
influenced	U.S. Cold War foreign policy ⓘ
influencedBy	Russian history ⓘ
knownFor	authorship of the Long Telegram ⓘ authorship of the X article "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" ⓘ formulating the U.S. policy of containment toward the Soviet Union ⓘ
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English ⓘ German ⓘ Russian ⓘ
memberOf	Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ surface form: Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton United States Foreign Service ⓘ
middleName	Frost ⓘ
movement	realism in international relations ⓘ
notableWork	American Diplomacy ⓘ Long Telegram ⓘ Memoirs: 1925–1950 ⓘ Memoirs: 1925–1950 ⓘ surface form: Memoirs: 1950–1963 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ⓘ surface form: Russia Leaves the War The Decision to Intervene ⓘ Kennan’s Long Telegram ⓘ surface form: The Sources of Soviet Conduct
occupation	diplomat ⓘ historian ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Milwaukee ⓘ surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
placeOfDeath	Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State ⓘ United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia ⓘ United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union ⓘ
residence	Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Subject: George F. Kennan
Description of subject: George F. Kennan was an American diplomat and historian best known as the principal architect of the U.S. Cold War strategy of containment toward the Soviet Union.

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

containment → formulatedBy → George F. Kennan ⓘ

subject surface form: Containment

Long Telegram → author → George F. Kennan ⓘ

George F. Kennan → fullName → George F. Kennan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: George Frost Kennan

George F. Kennan → familyName → George F. Kennan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennan

Institute for Advanced Study → notableScholar → George F. Kennan ⓘ

Princeton University Press → notableAuthorPublished → George F. Kennan ⓘ

this entity surface form: George Kennan

Kennan’s Long Telegram → author → George F. Kennan ⓘ

Frank Wisner → influencedBy → George F. Kennan ⓘ

Frost → isMiddleNameOf → George F. Kennan ⓘ

Frost → associatedWith → George F. Kennan ⓘ

American Diplomacy → author → George F. Kennan ⓘ

The Decision to Intervene → author → George F. Kennan ⓘ

Memoirs: 1925–1950 → author → George F. Kennan ⓘ

Memoirs: 1925–1950 → mainSubject → George F. Kennan ⓘ

Memoirs: 1925–1950 → narrativePointOfView → George F. Kennan ⓘ

book "Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department" → describesPerson → George F. Kennan ⓘ

subject surface form: Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department