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...on years of operational experience tempered by service as Deputy Commandant of the National War College, he explained the expansionist threat of the Soviet Union and suggested military-political measures to contain it. Over the next hour, he crafted a 5,000-word draft, which would undergo at least 2 revisions. The date was January 24, 1947, and the essay was one of 17 works that prolific writer composed during a 7-month period at the National War College.
A later version of that treatise was published in the July 1947 edition of Foreign Affairs, attributed to an anonymous Mr. X. That article, "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," propelled its author, the warrior and statesman George F. Kennan, to the center of the debate among policymakers concerning the Nation's strategic course during the early Cold War. By then, Kennan had departed the National War College to rejoin the policymaking arena as the head of the new Office of Policy Planning at the Department of State, an assignment to be sought by future graduates of the college. For the next six decades, Kennan would remain intellectually engaged in the art and science of grand strategy, filling senior positions in government and academia with great dedication, and steadfastly setting a noble course for future strategists.
The Next Mr. X
Since 1946, National War College student warriors have indeed pursued Kennan's strategic trail, offering variations on the policies of ways to win the peace. Their essays...
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