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George F. Kennan
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American advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historian (1904-2005)

Also known as: Georg Kennan, George Frost Kennan, George Kennan, Джордж Фрост Кеннан, جورج كينان, 조지 캐넌

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Known works

  • Around the cragged hill (1993)
  • Soviet-American relations, 1917-1920
  • Memoirs, 1925-1950 (1967)
  • Interviews with George F. Kennan (2002)
  • The Kennan Diaries