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George F. Kennan

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American advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historian (1904-2005)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1904 to 2005 · aged 101
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George Frost Kennan was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War. He lectured widely and wrote scholarly histories of the relations between the USSR and the United States.

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1996Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
1994Toynbee Prize
1989Presidential Medal of Freedom
1982Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
1981Albert Einstein Peace Prize
1968Pulitzer Prize for Biography
1968National Book Award
1957Pulitzer Prize for History
1957Bancroft Prize
1957Francis Parkman Prize
1957National Book Award
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from Fear
Pacem in Terris Award
Library of Congress Living Legend
Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy

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George Frost Kennan was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War. He lectured widely and wrote scholarly histories of the relations between the USSR and the United States. He was also one of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men".

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United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 2005 · aged 101
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32 languages

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