... we had relatively little to fear in the immediate sense, whereas today we have a situation before us which, I am frank to admit, seems to me dangerous and problematical in the extreme." I believe Kennan accurately points out the shortcomings in American attitudes towards Asia and how that carried over to World War I, World War II and the Cold War. He points out ... can easily become a universal rule in diplomacy because it is clearly evident in our world today that narrow minded diplomatic thought and behavior gets people nowhere and only leads to violence. A perfect example of this wou...

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