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The Reith Lectures: George Kennan - Russia, the Atom and the West: The Soviet Mind and World Realities

George Kennan - Russia, the Atom and the West

17/11/1957

The Soviet Mind and World Realities

BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, George Kennan - Russia, the Atom and the West, The Soviet Mind and World Realities

Professor George Kennan analyses the attitudes of the Soviet leaders to foreign affairs. 

Professor George Kennan analyses the attitudes of the Soviet leaders on foreign affairs in second Reith Lecture from his series 'Russia, the Atom, and the West'.

This year's Reith Lecturer is American adviser, diplomat, political scientist, and historian George Frost Kennan. He is best known as "the father" of the USA Containment Policy and is a leading authority on the Cold War. In his series 'Russia, the Atom, and the West', he considers the relationship between the two superpowers Russia and the USA. 

In his second lecture entitled 'The Soviet Mind and World Realities', Professor Kennan analyses the external attitudes of the Soviet leaders. He explores in particular the psychological background underpinning their attitude to foreign affairs in order to understand the relationship between the Soviet Union and the West.

The Reith Lectures: George Kennan - Russia, the Atom and the West

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The American diplomat George Kennan examines relations between Russia and the West.

The American diplomat Professor George Kennan delivers six lectures on the history, impact and possible consequences of current relations between Russia and the West.

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