George F. Kennan: “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”

Glossary

• incorrigible incapable of being reformed, improved, or corrected
• Kremlin a fortified complex of buildings in the heart of Moscow, Russia; as a figure of speech, the government of the Soviet Union
• messianic relating to a a leader who promises deliverance or salvation
• sine qua non essential condition, requirement
• unamenable not disposed or willing to comply