Frederick F. Travis is an associate professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at John Carroll University.
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George Kennan and the American-Russian Relationship, 1865–1924
By Frederick F. Travis
George Kennan’s career as a specialist on Russian affairs began in 1865, with his first journey to the Russian empire. A twenty-year-old telegraphic engineer at the time, he was a member of the Russian-American Telegraph Expedition, a now virtually unknown but nevertheless remarkable nineteenth-century adventure story.
