How Did George Kennan's Impact On American Politics
August 1, 2013 George Kennan: His Impact on American Politics George Kennan was an American Foreign Service Officer who led several positions internationally. He lived to witness World War One and many other significant historical events. George Kennan lived through a very controversial twentieth century where the U.S. was a world power, trough Boom and Bust, the World War Two period, The Cold War period, and through Social America (Simkin, George Kennan). George Kennan was born on February 16, 1904 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the period where the U.S. was known to be a major world power. Kennan was just a boy when World War One began in 1914. Once World War One was over the Boom and Bust Period began and Kennan had just finished
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George Kennan then wrote an anonymous article in a magazine and argued that if the United States held its ground against the Soviets and the rest of the Communist nations, the United States could contain Communism (“George F. Kennan Biography”). These ideas were shown in the Truman Doctrine and in the European Recovery Program. Then George Kennan wanted the United States to recognize other Communist nations but the government refused. Kennan was made a United States ambassador in Moscow in 1952 by President Harry S. Truman. When Kennan came back to the United States, he did not support the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO because China and Vietnam were nationalists (“George F. Kennan Biography”). After Kennan said this, Senator Joseph McCarthy made a comment and said that George Kennan was a “commie lover” and this made George Kennan refuse the job position in the CIA by Joseph McCarthy’s brother. After rejecting the CIA, George Kennan became a teacher and in 1956, he was made the professor of historical studies at Princeton Institute. Kennan maintained his position at Princeton until President John F. Kennedy made him ambassador in Yugoslavia from 1961 to 1963. Kennan was also very against the use of nuclear weapons because it caused mass destruction and more problems. George Kennan then established the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies in Washington in 1975 (“George F. Kennan
George Kennan then wrote an anonymous article in a magazine and argued that if the United States held its ground against the Soviets and the rest of the Communist nations, the United States could contain Communism (“George F. Kennan Biography”). These ideas were shown in the Truman Doctrine and in the European Recovery Program. Then George Kennan wanted the United States to recognize other Communist nations but the government refused. Kennan was made a United States ambassador in Moscow in 1952 by President Harry S. Truman. When Kennan came back to the United States, he did not support the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO because China and Vietnam were nationalists (“George F. Kennan Biography”). After Kennan said this, Senator Joseph McCarthy made a comment and said that George Kennan was a “commie lover” and this made George Kennan refuse the job position in the CIA by Joseph McCarthy’s brother. After rejecting the CIA, George Kennan became a teacher and in 1956, he was made the professor of historical studies at Princeton Institute. Kennan maintained his position at Princeton until President John F. Kennedy made him ambassador in Yugoslavia from 1961 to 1963. Kennan was also very against the use of nuclear weapons because it caused mass destruction and more problems. George Kennan then established the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies in Washington in 1975 (“George F. Kennan