George F. Kennan Quotes:
Ocupation: Diplomat
Life: February 16, 1904 - March 17, 2005
Birthday: February 16
Death: March 17
Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would be an unacceptable shock to the American economy.
source: Foreword to 'The Pathology of Power' by Norman Cousins in 1987. "At a Century's Ending: Reflections 1982-1995". Book by George F. Kennan, p. 118, 1996.
topic: Military, Ocean, Government, Adversaries, Ussr, American Military
