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The Reith Lectures: George Kennan - Russia, the Atom and the West: The Problem of Eastern and Central Europe

24/11/1957

The Problem of Eastern and Central Europe

George Kennan - Russia, the Atom and the West

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Professor George F Kennan considers the effect of Soviet Satellite States in Europe.

Professor George F Kennan considers the effect of Soviet Satellite States in Europe in his third Reith Lecture from his series entitled '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 third lecture entitled 'The Problem of Eastern and Central Europe', Professor Kennan considers why disagreements about frontiers and the political control of territory are so potent. He explores the difficulties which have already arisen in Central and Eastern Europe over territorial conflict, and considers in detail the problems between Germany and the satellite states under Soviet rule. 

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

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