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

by Miscamble, Wilson D.

• ISBN13: 9780691024837
• ISBN10: 0691024839
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-05-17
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations Used in Text and Notes
Director of the Policy Planning Staff	p. 3
Launching the Marshall Plan	p. 43
Meditertanean Crises: Greece, Italy, and Palestine	p. 75
The North Atlantic Treaty	p. 113
The Division of Germany	p. 141
Titoism, Eastern Europe, and Political Warfare	p. 178
The Limits of America's China Policy	p. 212
Japan and Southeast Asia	p. 247
The Hydrogen Bomb and the Soviet Threat	p. 281
Korean Dilemmas and Beyond	p. 314
Conclusion: America's Global Planner?	p. 346
Policy Planning Staff Papers, 1947-1949	p. 359
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