2015考研英语阅读外交往事_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读外交往事

　　约翰加迪斯掌握着几十年里符合自己观点的资源，所创作出的传记引人入胜又清晰明了。传记的前半部读起来几乎就是一部小说的翻版。读者们一起与乔治凯南在纳粹兴起时造访德国;1931年在挪威，一起与这位笨拙的青年会见之后陪伴了他73载未婚妻的父母;1933年与之一起建立美国第一个驻苏联大使馆;和他一道与希特勒一起来到捷克斯洛伐克并目睹了第二次世界大战;之后又一块在斯大林对其俄语技巧令人起鸡皮疙瘩般的恭维下于1945年返回莫斯科。而描写乔治凯南事业取得重大突破的章节在1946年通过其从莫斯科发往华盛顿的5，000字长电，一举改写了美国外交政策尤为精彩。就如同乔治凯南自己给自己的评价一样：功成名就，四海扬声。

　　Before this, Kennan was a promising young officer in the American foreign service; after it,he joined the top ranks of American strategists. His arguments convinced the Trumanadministration that efforts to continue wartime co-operation with Russia were fruitless.America should recognise the Soviet Union as a new kind of enemy, one seeking to destroyour traditional way of life. Rather than fighting a conventional war, America would needto contain Soviet hostility firmly and consistently over the long term. As America resistedMoscow more and more, Kennan felt it was crucial that his country maintain the health andvigour of our own society and not become a garrison state.