George F. Kennan an American life

By:

Gaddis, John Lewis

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Penguin Press 2011Description: xi, 784 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780143122159

Subject(s):

Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005

DDC classification:

327.7GAD

Summary: Widely and enthusiastically acclaimed, this is the authorized, definitive biography of one of the most fascinating but troubled figures of the twentieth century by the nation's leading Cold War historian. In the late 1940s, George F. Kennan?then a bright but, relatively obscure American diplomat?wrote the "long telegram" and the "X" article. These two documents laid out United States' strategy for "containing" the Soviet Union?a strategy which Kennan himself questioned in later years. Based on exclusive access to Kennan and his archives, this landmark history illuminates a life that both mirrored and shaped the century it spanned.

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Widely and enthusiastically acclaimed, this is the authorized, definitive biography of one of the most fascinating but troubled figures of the twentieth century by the nation's leading Cold War historian. In the late 1940s, George F. Kennan?then a bright but, relatively obscure American diplomat?wrote the "long telegram" and the "X" article. These two documents laid out United States' strategy for "containing" the Soviet Union?a strategy which Kennan himself questioned in later years. Based on exclusive access to Kennan and his archives, this landmark history illuminates a life that both mirrored and shaped the century it spanned.

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