Download or read book Russia, the Atom and the West written by George Frost Kennan and published by New York : Harper. This book was released on 1958 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, George Kennan, writing as "Mr. X," outlined the containment policy which in one form or another has been the basis of our approach to the Soviet Union. Now Mr. Kennan surveys the whole world scene and comes up with some startling suggestions -- military, political, economic, and ethical -- addressed to the individual consciences of his readers as well as to the governments representing them.