GEORGE F. KENNAN 1904-2005; He helped shape world of Cold War; Milwaukee-born diplomat created containment policy

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: March 18, 2005 | Copyright information

Milwaukee-born George F. Kennan, who literally wrote America's Cold War containment policy in the 1940s and then drafted the Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II, died Thursday evening at his home in Princeton, N.J. He was 101 years old.

Kennan, a diplomat, philosopher and historian with two Pulitzer Prizes to his credit, served as ambassador to the USSR in the 1950s and Yugoslavia in the 1960s and was generally credited at the midpoint of the 20th century with knowing ...

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