What actions are the Soviets likely to take and how should the United States respond?What weaknesses does Kennan suggest the Soviet Union possesses that could serve as an advantage to the United States?
Week 7 George Kennan’s “Long Telegram” In 1946, an American diplomat stationed in Moscow, George Kennan, sent a 8,000-word telegram to the Department of State in Washington DC analyzing the nature of Soviet Union’s foreign policy. Kennan’s report, known as “long telegram,” provided the United States with a conceptual framework to contain Soviet expansionism during […]