George Kennan and the Dilemmas of US Foreign PolicyOxford University Press, 12 abr 1990 - 416 páginas One of a select group of American foreign service officers to receive specialized training on the Soviet Union in the late 1920s and early 1930s, George Frost Kennan eventually became the American government's chief expert on Soviet affairs during the height of the Cold War. Drawing upon a wealth of original research, David Mayers' fascinating life of George Kennan examines his high-level participation in foreign policy-making and interprets his political and philosophical development within a historical framework. Mayers presents an engaging and lucid account of Kennan's training; his rise to prominence during the late 1940s and his policy failures; and his later roles as critic of America's external policy, advocate of d'etente with the Soviet Union, and proponent of nuclear arms limitation. Mayers also explores Kennan's complicated relationships with such important political figures and analysts as Dean Acheson, John Foster Dulles, and Walter Lippmann. |
Índice
First Tour in the Soviet Union | |
Criticisms and Recommendations | |
Nazi Germany and the Future of Europe | |
Soviet War Aims and the Grand Alliance | |
Containment and the Primacy of Diplomacy | |
Cold War in Europe | |
Far Eastern Dilemmas | |
Cold War Critic | |
America and the Third World | |
War and Protest | |
Detente and the Nuclear Arms Race | |
Diplomacy and the Politics of Amelioration | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Two Ambassadorships | |
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George Kennan and the Dilemmas of US Foreign Policy David Allan Mayers Vista previa restringida - 1988 |
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