Measures short of War : The George F. Kennan Lectures at the National War College, 1946-47.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harlow, Giles D.

Contributor:

Maerz, George C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.

World politics--1945-1955.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Measures short of War

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Barakaldo Books, 2021.

Summary:

The current transition to a post-Cold War world is in certain ways reminiscent of the immediate post-World War II years. Then, amidst the euphoria of victory over the Axis powers, the Allies immediately had to face new problems, among them the threat of nuclear weapons, the necessity of rebuilding Europe and stabilizing Japan, and the need to contain Communist expansionism across the globe. Today, the West has had precious little time to celebrate the end of the Cold War before turning to the destabilizing problems of Soviet disintegration and the blatant military aggression of Iraq.This volume holds the unpublished lectures and other writings of George F. Kennan at the National War College in its first academic year, 1946-47. Kennan and his generation, having won the war, faced the challenges of winning the peace. This they did, by creating and fostering the policies and structures that we now often take for granted: the Marshall Plan, the concept of containment, and institutions such as the US Department of Defense, NATO, and the United Nations. The National War College itself was an experiment in co-educating military and civilian leaders.As the first Deputy for Foreign Affairs at the War College, George Kennan had no small role in shaping these developments. His 1946-47 lectures and papers, specially edited for this book in collaboration with Professor Kennan, document his thinking on many critical national security topics of those days when the Iron Curtain was falling across much of the world.Kennan's patterns of sound, critical thinking, his idealism tempered by realism, his intellectual rigor and command of history, and his repeated insistence on America's internal moral and social strength as essential components of national power all help make Measures Short of War valuable reading for any historian or student of international affairs.

Contents:

Intro

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE SETTING

THE AUTHOR'S INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTION

THE LECTURES

THE LITERARY STYLE

September 16, 1946

MEASURES SHORT OF WAR (DIPLOMATIC)

DIPLOMATIC MEASURES OF ADJUSTMENT FOR THE REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES OR FOR THE PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

October 10, 1946

STRUCTURE OF INTERNAL POWER IN THE U.S.S.R.

DISCUSSION

October 22, 1946

CONTEMPORARY SOVIET DIPLOMACY

December 10, 1946

THE BACKGROUND OF CURRENT RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC MOVES

January 10, 1947

CURRENT POLITICAL AFFAIRS

January 24, 1947

THE SOVIET WAY OF THOUGHT AND ITS EFFECT ON FOREIGN POLICY

IDEOLOGY

NATIONAL TRADITION

THE INTERNAL NECESSITIES OF POWER

PARTY DISCIPLINE

CONCLUSION

March 7, 1947

PROBLEMS OF DIPLOMATIC-MILITARY COLLABORATION

March 28, 1947

COMMENTS ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM

1. IN GREECE

2. IN TURKEY

3. IN THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDDLE EAST

4. IN WESTERN EUROPE

May 6, 1947

PROBLEMS OF US FOREIGN POLICY AFTER MOSCOW

June 18, 1947

PLANNING OF FOREIGN POLICY

September 18, 1947

FORMULATION OF POLICY IN THE U.S.S.R.

October 6, 1947

SOVIET DIPLOMACY

October 27, 1947

THE INTERNAL POLITICAL SYSTEM

December 18, 1947

WHAT IS POLICY?

THE EDITORS.

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ISBN:

9781839747823

183974782X

OCLC:

1250076751