George F. Kennan and the Making of American Foreign Policy, 1947-1950 - Softcover

Miscamble C.S.C., Wilson D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691024839 ISBN 13: 9780691024837

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1993

Synopsis

When George C. Marshall became Secretary of State in January of 1947, he faced not only a staggering array of serious foreign policy questions but also a State Department rendered ineffective by neglect, maladministration, and low morale. Soon after his arrival Marshall asked George F. Kennan to head a new component in the department's structure--the Policy Planning Staff. Here Wilson Miscamble scrutinizes Kennan's subsequent influence over foreign policymaking during the crucial years from 1947 to 1950.

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From the Inside Flap:

"This book is the most insightful treatment of George Kennan that has yet been published and the best work I know on the making of U.S. foreign policy during this period. The work is an astonishing scholarly accomplishment. Miscamble offers fresh interpretations and a new sense of the context in which policy was made and of the complex influences on the policymakers."--Richard H. Ullman, Princeton University

About the Author:

Wilson D. Miscamble, C.S.C., is Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0691024839
• ISBN 13: 9780691024837
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444