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...George F. Kennan-Princeton University Press...
...Russia Leaves the War, the first of a three-volume study-in-progress of Soviet-American relations (1917-20), scholarly ex-Diplomat George F. Kennan described the birth of Bolshevism in Russia. Volume II, The Decision to Intervene, tells the fascinating story of how the Allies irresolutely attempted to strangle the newborn Red monster...
Scarcely a single, clear-cut, concerted decision was taken by the leading Allies (Britain, France, Japan and the U.S.) during six months (March through August 1918) of diplomatic maneuverings leading up to joint troop landings on Russian soil. Author Kennan makes plain that the initial urge to intervene was based not on the Bolshevik but the German menace. The treaty of Brest-Litovsk took Russia out of the war and left the Germans free to mount what was to be their last massive offensive on the Western Front. The Allies also feared that the port of Murmansk and tens...
...public feuding between Harry Truman's Secretary of State Dean Acheson and ex-Acheson State Department Planner George Kennan over Kennan's call for a neutral Germany (TIME, Jan. 20) reflects far more than a mere difference of political opinion. Acheson regards the strong Germany policy as his own-hammered out in the late 1940s over Kennan's opposition-and regards Kennan's attack more as a personal affront than an attack on Successor John Foster Dulles. Still silent in this Democratic debate over foreign policy fundamentals: Adlai Stevenson, who despite earlier, well-publicized intimations...
...Kennan has never, in my judgment, grasped the realities of power relationships, but takes a rather mystical attitude toward them. To Mr. Kennan there is no Soviet military threat in Europe...