A Conversation with George Kennan

George Kennan is a former Ambassador of the United States to the Soviet Union.

George Kennan is a former Ambassador of the United States to the Soviet Union.

George Kennan wrote the famous "X" article that became a central document in the composition of America's Cold War containment strategy. That strategy however, was not precisely what Ambassador Kennan had in mind. Here he explains his precise views on East-West relations, then and now, and gives his opinion of modern American society.