I'm unsure if this is the right sub for this question, but I hope someone could help me still.
I found a letter from a us diplomat stationed in russia during the cold war that tried to explain the russian way of thinking to westernes as unbiased as possible, and it seemed like a really good read.
However, now I cant find it anymore.
Does anyone here know what I'm talking about? I would appreciate any help, but I'm sorry if this is the wrong sub
Could you be thinking of George Kennan's long telegram?
Kennan was serving as a State Department officer at the US embassy in Moscow in 1946, just as the Truman government were embarking on a process of soul searching over why their working relationship with the Soviet government appeared to be deteriorating. In response, Kennan authored a critique of Soviet foreign policy and outlined what he believed should form the basis for US policy on the Soviet Union for the foreseeable future. The "long telegram", as the critique quickly became known as, would propel Kennan to the top echelons of the State Department, where he briefly became one of the architects of US containment policy.