Originally Posted by
MaxQ
Does the book discuss how George Kennan was opposed to NATO in concept?
Kennen of ' the long telegram' was a brilliant and knowledgeable man.
But he had his blind spots.
Don’t we all
Yet Kennan was largely the architect of our postwar containment policy that did indeed win the Cold War. and this is WIDELY recognized.
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Implying that the architect of the containment of the USSR and the winning of the Cold War knows nothing of Russian motivation is either naïveté bordering on foolishness or outright Sophistry.
You ought to read the aforementioned book.
Hub, for damn sure ought to read the book.
And Merry Christmas everyone.