George F. Kennan

George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904–March 17, 2005) was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War. He later wrote standard histories of the relations between Russia and the Western powers. In the late 1940s, his writings inspired the Truman Doctrine and the U.S. foreign policy of "containing" the Soviet Union, thrusting him in... More

Date of birth:

  • Feb 16, 1904

Date of death:

  • Mar 17, 2005 (age 101 years)

Also known as:

  • The Father of "Containment",
  • George Frost Kennan,
  • George Kennan
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National Book Award for Biography Nominees

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