George Kennan's Communist Ideology

George Kennan was particularly critical of the Soviet's Communist ideology and also the way in which the Soviet leaders ran their country. He begins his argument by criticising the fanatical views of the Soviet leaders, as their fantasy of grandeur and power resulted in them being far too jealous to imagine there being a greater international power in the world sphere than themselves. All competing power was to be eradicated, and past the border of the Soviet Union, all other nations were hostile and unfriendly.
Kennan continues his arguments, stating that when the Russians require something of importance from other competing powers they will push other contentious issues to the background in order to attempt to mislead other nations. Kennan states that the United States in particular would be wise to not listen or take heed of the tactical manoeuvres the Soviets are deploying in order to manipulate and influence. …show more content…
He stresses that they view themselves as always being right, and that their truth is the only correct way of viewing the world around them. The Kremlin is under no pressure to increase the speed of its domination across the-world stage, they are under no particular rush and can afford to take their time. To the Kremlin, it does not matter how slowly their movement progresses in its domination, but only that the Communist ideology has reached all of the furthermost corners of the world and has encompassed and filled all possible holes available to it in terms of world power. Kennan hypothesises that this means Soviet diplomacy is although more likely to yield on particular individual events, a singular victory of the opposition would have very little impact on its overall strength in the international