The sources of Soviet conduct¶
Kennan, G. F. (1947). The sources of Soviet conduct. Foreign Affairs, 25(4), 566-582.
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Primes¶
- Containment
- It is a pragmatic acceptance of persistence over a horizon where eradication is infeasible, the very logic Kennan (1947) advanced in his foundational "X" article distinguishing patient containment from rollback.
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Kennan's article argues for 'long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment' of Soviet expansion, backing the patience premise but nowhere naming rollback as the contrasting doctrine.
“And the patient persistence by which it is animated means that it can be effectively countered not by sporadic acts which represent the momentary whims of democratic opinion but only by intelligent long-range policies on the part of Russia's adversaries—policies no less steady in their purpose, and no less variegated and resourceful in their application, than those of the Soviet Union itself. In these circumstances …”
- It is a pragmatic acceptance of persistence over a horizon where eradication is infeasible, the very logic Kennan (1947) advanced in his foundational "X" article distinguishing patient containment from rollback.
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