George F. Kennan's Strategic Thought: The Making of an American Political Realist

Abstract

Foreword by Kenneth W. Thompson Preface Political Realism and American Foreign Policy A Realist's Political Theory: On Man, Power, Morality, and Politics American National Interest and the World Balance of Power The Domestic Struggle for Power The Forgotten American Art of Diplomacy Force and War as Foreign Policy Instruments Major Power Rivalry: The American-Soviet Security Dilemma Kennan's Realism as a Theory of American Foreign Policy Selected Bibliography Index