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30 de nov. de 2021 · In Strategies of Containment, renowned historian John Lewis Gaddis offers insight into the challenges of crafting US foreign policy during the Cold War. The 2005 edition of the book—originally published in 1982—adds context to the close of the Cold War and, despite its age, salient lessons for strategic thinkers in the current geopolitical environment.
Others have overestimated his influence but have misunderstood his views, relying too heavily on the conspicuous but misleading “X” article.2 Still others have pointed out that Kennan was only one of several key advisers on international affairs during the Truman administration, and that it is easy to be beguiled by the gracefulness of his prose into an exaggerated impression of its actual ...
Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War
Or, one can focus in detail on the event that because of its duration, divisiveness, and cost, over-shadowed them all: the war in Vietnam. There are two good reasons for choosing the second approach. First, American policy in Southeast Asia reflected in practice virtually all of the elements of “flexible response.”
Much of his thinking found its way into policy papers, to be sure, and the Truman administration did implement many of Kennan’s recommendations between 1947 and 1949. But one had to glean the elements of his strategy from pronouncements delivered in a variety of forms before a variety of audiences.
27 de may. de 2005 · Strategies of Containment, by John Lewis Gaddis, is a description of the evolving strategy of containment that was the basis of US policy toward the Soviet Union from 1946 through 1989. Gaddis traces the concept of containment from its inception by George F. Kennan through the modifications applied by five administrations and assesses the strengths, weaknesses, and effectiveness of each version.
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