George Kennan for Our Time / / Lee Congdon.
George Kennan for Our Time 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, Kennan outlined the proper conduct of foreign policy and issued warnings to an American society on the edge of t...
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Congdon, Lee, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut George Kennan for Our Time / Lee Congdon. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource (232 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda People for Our Time Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: On the Edge of the Abyss -- 1 A Brief Biography -- 2 For a Mature Foreign Policy -- 3 Russia and Eastern Europe -- 4 The Far and Near East -- 5 Lessons Not Learned -- 6 For a Revivifi ed Society -- 7 Nature and Faith -- 8 For a Representative Government -- Conclusion: Why Kennan Still Matters -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star George Kennan for Our Time 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, 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. He cites Kennan's call for a greater closeness to nature, a revival of religious faith, and a return to the representative government established by the Founding Fathers. George Kennan for Our Time describes the often-disastrous results of rejecting Kennan's counsel, and the dangers, international and national, posed by an ongoing failure to draw upon his wisdom. In view of America's foreign policy disasters in Afghanistan, Iraq, and around the world, Kennan's realist approach provides important lessons for our current age. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Ambassadors United States Biography. Historians United States Biography. Biography & Autobiography. Political Science & Political History. U.S. History. HISTORY / United States / General. bisacsh criticism of american foreign policy, america’s socio-political crises, perils of nuclear war, containment foreign policy, realism foreign policy. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 9783110751826 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English 9783110993899 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 9783110994810 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2022 English 9783110992960 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2022 9783110992939 ZDB-23-DEG https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501765193 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501765193 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501765193/original |
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