died 2005
George F. Kennan was an American diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known for his role in shaping U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War. He is particularly recognized for his advocacy of the strategy of containment to counter the Soviet Union, which he articulated in his famous "Long Telegram" in 1946 and later in the "X Article." Kennan's ideas greatly influenced American diplomacy and the approach to communism in the decades that followed.