There are any number of books on Kennan. Offhand, check out David Mayers, "George Kennan and the Dilemas of U.S. Foeign Policy, ", "American Visions of Europe: Franklin D. Roosevelt, George F. Kennan, and Dean G. Acheson, " by John Lamberton Harper, Chapter's 4 and 5, George F. Kennan: the sources of estrangement, 1904-1944; Three worlds instead of two: Kennan and Europe, 1944-1950; George F. Kennan : Cold War Iconoclast by Walter L. Hixson
(Hixson also has another work, I skimmed last year, "Parting the Curtain: Propaganda, Culture, and the Cold War, 1945-1961 Has a chapter on the staged takeover of a mid-Western town by the Red Army, that a clip of in a contemporary newsreel, shows up in documentaries on the Red Scare. Also see, Richard Fried, "The Russians Are Coming! the Russians Are Coming!: Pageantry and Patriotism in Cold-War America.").
"George F. Kennan and the Making of American Foreign Policy, 1947-1950, " by Wilson D. Miscamble, chapter Headings- Director of the Policy Planning Staff 3 Ch. 2 Launching the Marshall Plan 43 Ch. 3 Meditertanean Crises: Greece, Italy, and Palestine 75 Ch. 4 The North Atlantic Treaty 113 Ch. 5 The Division of Germany 141 Ch. 6 Titoism, Eastern Europe, and Political Warfare 178 Ch. 7 The Limits of America's China Policy 212 Ch. 8 Japan and Southeast Asia 247 Ch. 9 The Hydrogen Bomb and the Soviet Threat 281 Ch. 10 Korean Dilemmas and Beyond 314
Conclusion: America's Global Planner? 346
Appendix A: Policy Planning Staff Papers, 1947-1949 359
Finally, "Kennan and the Art of Foreign Policy, " by Anders Stephanson. Enough bibliomania, for now.
Michael Pugliese
P.S. Or so I thought... http://www.google.com/search?q=Kennan+and+the+Marshall+Plan&meta=lr%3D%26hl% 3Den
http://academic.uofs.edu/student/balduccij2/papers-marshall_plan.html
Kunz, Diane B. "The Marshall Plan Reconsidered: A Complex of Motives" Foreign Affairs: May/June v76. 205.
Butter and Guns: America's Cold War Economic Diplomacy Author Diane B. Kunz Published New York: The Free Press, 1997