The Long Telegram: A 1946 Call for Containment of the Soviet Union - George F. Kennan

Kennan, George F.: - GEORGE F. KENNAN (1904-2005), American diplomat and historian, was known as an advocate of the containment policy of Soviet expansion during the Cold War. Kennan was featured in the book The Wise Men (1986) as one of six members of the East Coast foreign policy establishment that helped create and develop post-World War II institutions such as NATO, the World Bank, and the Marshall Plan.