George F. Kennan, Paul H. Nitze and the Evolution of American Foreign Policy

乔治·凯南（George Kennan）和保罗·尼采（Paul Nitze）是遏制政策的两位主要设计师。凯南强调苏联威胁的非军事方面，制定了西欧和日本的经济重建计划。相比之下，不断主张军事化遏制的尼采对基辛格提出的缓和政策持强烈批评态度，基辛格的国际政治观点与凯南一致。事实证明，尼采的战略理念基本上塑造了冷战时期的遏制政策。然而，有趣的是，里根政府恰当地执行了尼采和凯南提出的路线，从而在结束冷战方面发挥了重要作用。

George Kennan and Paul Nitze were two major architects of containment policy. Kennan, emphasizing the non-military aspect of Soviet threat, formulated the economic reconstruction of Western Europe and Japan. In contrast, Nitze, constantly advocating for the militarization of containment, was highly critical of the detente advanced by Kissinger whose view of international politics was shared by Kennan. It turned out that Nitze's strategic concept basically shaped the containment policy in the Cold War period. Interestingly, however, the Reagan administration appropriately implemented the line proposed both by Nitze and Kennan, thus playing an essential part in bringing an end to the Cold War.