Kennan’s Life

Re “Diplomat Was Architect of U.S. Cold War Policy,” obituary, March 18: Since my college days three decades ago, George F. Kennan has been my hero. He enjoyed a long life marked by his insightful writings. If ever a man should have been secretary of State, it was Kennan, so how ironic it was that John Foster Dulles forced him out. Then came the nuclear brink, Vietnam and countless international abrasions. Had Kennan led us back then, our present world would be a better place.

Jack Fenn

Montecito Heights