Cold War: George Kennan's Strategy, 1947-1950 (Part II) || The Rimland Thesis & US Containment
June 5, 2026
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as posted by the channelGeorge Kennan's Cold War strategy called on the US to focus its efforts on Western Europe and Japan, but what about the crises erupting across the rest of the Rimlands? In this video, we see geopolitical theory slam into messy reality, as Kennan desperately fought to resist peripheral entanglements in Greece, Palestine, Southeast Asia and China, all of which had the potential to derail his entire vision of containment.
All interpretations and errors are my own.
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Heer P. Mr. X and the Pacific: George F Kennan and American Policy in East Asia. Cornell University Press 2018.
Katsoulas K. The United States and Greek-Turkish Relations: The Guardian’s Dilemma. Routledge 2022.
Mayers D. George Kennan and the Dilemmas of US Foreign Policy. Oxford University Press 1988.
Miscamble W. George F. Kennan and the Making of American Foreign Policy, 1947-1950. Princeton University Press 1992.
US Government. PPS/39. National Security Council Sep 48.
Taft R. A Foreign Policy for Americans. Doubleday 1951.
Truman Doctrine.
For sources reSpykman, please see my video on the Rimland Theory
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