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A 6 page paper which summarizes George F. Kennan’s essay “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” and then examines how many of his views were implemented into Soviet Containment policies. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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order to ensure that Russia was controlled as much as could be possible by the United States. Many people indicate, or argue, that one of the most pressing arguments that
pushed the United States to employ such containment policies was "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" by George F. Kennan. Back in 1947, following WWII, Kennan presented many, supposed, truths that
indicated the United States, along with other free nations, must do whatever it could to stop the flow of power possessed by the Soviet Union. The following paper first summarizes
and discusses Kennans essay and then moves on to illustrate how the United States implemented Soviet Containment policies. The Sources of Soviet Conduct The first half of Kennans
essay deals with setting up how the Soviet Union works, where its ideals exist, and what direction they are aiming. He, himself, even states that, "It is difficult to summarize
the set of ideological concepts with which the Soviet leaders came into power" (Kennan, 1947; 29). Yet still he attempts to summarize in only a few pages what those concepts
were, and then emphasizes how dangerous those concepts are to the Western world and to democracies. "[I]t will be clearly seen that the Soviet pressure against the free institutions of
the Western world is something that be contained by the adroit and vigilant application of counter-force at a series of constantly shifting geographical and policy points, corresponding to the shifts
and maneuvers of Soviet policy, but which cannot be charmed or talked out of existence. The Russians look forward to a duel of infinite duration, and they see that they
have scored great successes" (Kennan, 1947; 33-34). Kennan urges the reader to see that throughout the examination of the Soviet Union the United States cannot expect that Russia will
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