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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awardReceived National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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employer United States Department of State ⓘ
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diplomatic history ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
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United States Foreign Service ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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