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Strengthening Nato: To What End?

Professor George F Kennan considers the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation delivers his final 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 sixth and final lecture entitled 'Strengthening Nato: To What End?' Professor Kennan considers the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. He analyses what it is supposed to achieve and what it can realistically hope to realise.

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Sun 15 Dec 1957 09:00

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  • Sun 15 Dec 1957 09:00

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