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the Luce world. To a large extent, that Bullitt piece and George Kennan's containment piece were two major forces in totally changing the geopolitical aspect in the postwar period.

In other words, drawing the lines of the Cold War?

I think to a considerable degree one should put the two together because, I forget which came first but, Bullitt was the loud noise and Kennan was the sort of coldly reasoned piece.

Are you referring to the Kennan piece that came in a long telegram from Moscow?

Yes, the long telegram that then became the piece by X in Foreign Affairs.

So what's the role of Life in that drawing the Cold War's lines scenario? In other words, was Life just a vehicle for political ideologues at the time or was Life an aggressive force in this?

It was the first time the bell was rung on the issue of the Soviets really--first time in a loud, clear way. Then others picked it up and so on and so on. It wasn't as if Life was on a crusade, particularly, but it did clearly sort of notify everybody that, ‘Hey, wake up. This is the real world.’

And did Life sound this alarm because it was getting information