'Ethical force' Aug 8, 2008
The late George F. Kennan of Princeton, a former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, Cold War diplomat and Pultizer Prize-winning author, called "The Gulag" the "greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever to be leveled in modern times.". Solzhenitsyn's work also was awarded a Nobel literature prize in 1970 for its "ethical force." It was an award he was unable to collect until his continued criticism of tyranny led to his expulsion from the Soviet Union. (NJ.com -- Times)
Annelise S. Kennan, 98, wife of Cold War diplomat Aug 8, 2008
PRINCETON BOROUGH -- Annelise Sorensen Kennan, the wife of the late Cold War diplomat and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian George F. Kennan, died yesterday at her home in Princeton. She was 98. (NJ.com -- Times)
Solzhenitsyn, chronicler of the gulag, dies Aug 4, 2008
As the diplomat-historian George F. Kennan wrote at the time, "Gulag" was "the greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever to be levelled in modern times.". On Feb. 12, 1974, Mr. Solzhenitsyn was arrested and the next day put on a plane to Germany. (Boston Globe)
Steep thoughts Jul 20, 2008
Merriam-Webster quotes Robert Frost, George F. Kennan, and even John Simon - theater critic and unbending language stickler - using precipitous to mean "sudden" or "abrupt.". And current newspapers tend to ignore the distinction. (Boston Globe)
• Obama stands by timetable for Iraq Jul 16, 2008
Obama invoked a series of tough-minded foreign policy realists -- including the late George F. Kennan, architect of the Cold War containment strategy -- to reassure doubters that he would protect U.S. interests abroad. Many of the points Obama made reflect the Washington establishment's foreign policy consensus. (Q13.com, WA)
Democracy Ascendant Aug 25, 2007
Mandelbaum quotes George F. Kennan lamenting the lack of democracies in the world in 1975. One of the countries that Kennan said had been "taken over by authoritarian forces" was Chile. (Forbes -- Markets)
An American For All Seasons Jul 3, 2007
George F. Kennan (1904-2005) was and remains best known for the doctrine of containment ... (A decade ago, Lukacs published a collection of their letters dealing with the dawn of the Cold War as George F. Kennan and the Origins of Containment 1944-1946: The Kennan-Lukacs Correspondence. (The American Conservative)
Former Star Wars chief to speak against war Jun 24, 2007
He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Eisenhower Medal, the George F. Kennan Peace Prize, the President s Medal of Veterans for Peace and the Society of American Military Engineers Gold Medal (twice). The presentation is sponsored by the Montana Tech Peace Seekers Club, Sacred Ground, and TAPS, Taking Action for Peaceful Solutions. (Montana Standard, MT)
Letter: Iraqi war taking heavy toll in lost lives, money Apr 19, 2007
Truth wrote on Apr 18, 2007 09:33 pm:" Will the lionization of Reagan ever end? Reagan presided OVER these events, he did not have a monopoly on the agency of these events. Go read about the administrations of Truman, Ike, Kennedy, LBJ, and Nixon. Go read about the Berlin air lift, Korea, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. Simple minds look for simple answers that don't exist. The USSR was defeated by the containment policies of early Cold Warriors like George F. Kennan. But... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
The 'X' dreams of Washington's wonks Apr 4, 2007
Asia Times Online :: Middle East News - The 'X' dreams of Washington's wonks. Page 1 of 3DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA The 'X' dreams of Washington's wonks By Leon Hadar. (Asia Times Online)
`Containment' Is Back as Bush Doctrine Fizzles: Frederick Kempe Mar 3, 2007
This blast from the past is the notion of ``containment,'' an idea popularized by legendary diplomat George F. Kennan in 1947 in his famous anonymously penned ``X'' article in Foreign Affairs magazine. It prescribed what would become U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union's global expansionism. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Unconstitutional coloursAddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1926190,00120001.htm", "Unconstitutional colours"); Feb 13, 2007
George F. Kennan s article in The New York Times on January 21, 1968, entitled Rebels without a Program , initiated an instructive debate on this issue. If you accept a democratic system, this means that you are prepared to put up with those of its workings, legislative or administrative, with which you do not agree as well as with those that meet with your concurrence. (Hindustan Times, India)
