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Kennan dies at 101 architect of US containment policy
George F. Kennan diplomat and historian dies at 101 in Princeton New Jersey. He authored the Long Telegram in Moscow in 1946 and the Foreign Affairs X article that defined containment guiding the early Cold War. His views shaped NATO and later US commitments including Southeast Asia.
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