TY - BOOK ID - 135392111 TI - George Kennan for our time PY - 2022 SN - 1501765205 1501765191 9781501765209 9781501765193 9781501765186 1501765183 PB - Ithaca : North Illinois University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Ambassadors KW - Historians KW - Kennan, George F. KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - Philosophy. KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135392111 AB - This text examines the work and thought of the most distinguished American diplomat of the twentieth century and extracts lessons for today. In his writings and lectures, George Kennan outlined the proper conduct of foreign policy and issued warnings to an American society on the edge of the abyss. Lee Congdon identifies the principles Kennan applied to US relations with Russia and Eastern Europe, and to the Far and Near East. He takes particular note of Kennan's role in formulating postwar policy in Japan, measured response to North Korea's invasion of South Korea, and opposition to the war in Vietnam. Congdon also considers Kennan's strong criticisms of his own country, its egalitarianism, unrestricted immigration, and multiple addictions. ER -