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Kennan composed the long telegram in response to inquiries about the implications of a February 1946 speech by Joseph Stalin. [note 1] Though the speech was in line with previous statements by Stalin, it provoked fear in the American press and public; Time magazine called it "the most warlike pronouncement uttered by any top-rank statesman ...
Kennan c. 1950. Unlike the "long telegram," Kennan's well-timed article appearing in the July 1947 issue of Foreign Affairs under the pseudonym "X", titled "The Sources of Soviet Conduct", did not begin by emphasizing "traditional and instinctive Russian sense of insecurity"; [23] instead, it asserted that Stalin's policy was shaped by a ...
Kennan sent the telegram at 9:00 pm Moscow time (1:00 pm EST), and it was received in Washington at 3:52 EST. [57] The first attacks in the Texarkana Moonlight Murders took place when a couple on a date, 25-year-old Jimmy Hollis and his girlfriend, Mary Larey, were attacked and seriously injured. Both survived, but six other people would be ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
In February 1946, George F. Kennan, an American diplomat in Moscow, sent his famed "Long Telegram", which predicted the Soviets would only respond to force and that the best way to handle them would be through a long-term strategy of containment; that is, stopping their geographical expansion.
Containment, as a concept in US foreign policy after World War II, was intellectually given support by George F. Kennan, first in an internal document called "the long telegram" [2] and then the "X article" in Foreign Affairs, "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" published under the pseudonym "X". [3]
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When asked if running makes her happy, 3-year-old Clark Mercy Underwood had a very relatable answer. The toddler's mom, Kimberly Clark, enjoys running and trains for marathons across the world.