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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783592503321

Autore

Mayers David Allan <1951->

Titolo

George Kennan and the dilemmas of US foreign policy [[electronic resource] /] / David Mayers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988

ISBN

0-19-773346-8

0-19-987911-7

1-280-52471-5

1-4237-3463-7

0-19-534511-8

1-60256-606-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Disciplina

327.2/092/4

Soggetti

Ambassadors - United States

Historians - United States

United States Foreign relations 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. 375-394 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chronology; Introduction; I: EARLY CAREER; 1. Early Influences and Development; 2. First Tour in the Soviet Union; 3. Criticisms and Recommendations; 4. Nazi Germany and the Future of Europe; 5. Soviet War Aims and the Grand Alliance; II: MAKING FOREIGN POLICY; 6. Containment and the Primacy of Diplomacy; 7. Cold War in Europe; 8. Far Eastern Dilemmas; 9. Two Ambassadorships; III: ON THE SIDELINES; 10. Cold War Critic; 11. America and the Third World; 12. War and Protest; 13. Detente and the Nuclear Arms Race; 14. Diplomacy and the Politics of Amelioration; Notes; Bibliography

IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This political biography examines Kennan's thoughts in the context of his many years of government service and his political counsel in the field of foreign policy.