George Kennan During The Cold War

George Kennan played a major role in the development of the foreign policy of the United States during the Cold War. As a result, I spent a lot of time researching the many aspects on which he left a very visible mark. Not only did Kennan cause the creation and usage of the containment policy, but he also later disagreed with the way the United States government applied the policy. George Kennan provided the United States with much of the Russian and Soviet historical background information that it would know during the Cold War, he suggested solutions to the looming Soviet threat during the Cold War in his “long telegram,” and the government attempted to make decisions based on these solutions. Much of the Soviet and Russian historical background
He mentions that the February Revolution in Russia during World War I was just the rapid deterioration of an archaic dynastic-imperial system that was caught between the burdens of a significant modern war, for which it was unprepared, and the inactivity of an imperial court that had lost reliability and respect (Kennan 8). Kennan said this to establish that the common interest of the Russian common people was survival and not political gain. He also explained the reason for why the Soviet Union seeked to expand its boundaries. He explained that in the southern part of Russia, there are mountains that are settled by hostile people and there are also many people in the region would not hesitate to betray the Russians and communism and go to the West at the first opportunity, which leaves the southern region of Russia very vulnerable. In addition, the only access to warm water that the nation has is Albania, which could be easily taken away by Western nations (White 291). This establishes a context that makes
After World War II, The United States economically helped many Western European countries who did not have communist governments, like Greece, on a large scale in the Marshall Plan in an attempt to assist them in their recovery, to prevent the spreading of communist influence into those countries, as they would not need to depend on additional assistance, as well as to bring back a feeling of self-reliance, confidence, and purpose in those countries (Steil 86-87, 92, 112). The government did this to ensure that they had a diplomatic and psychological advantage over the Soviet Union, restricting and containing the Soviet Union in those manners. In addition, the United States joined NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as it was established to protect many countries that did not have communist governments and were capitalist countries (White 286). This put the United States in a position that allowed the United States to militarily intervene if the Soviet Union were to encroach upon another country, which gave them in a militarily favorable position to contain and restrict the borders of the Soviet Union. As a result, the United States government attempted to make decisions based on the suggestions that Kennan