George F. Kennan An American Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Name: George F. Kennan An American Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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ISBN: 9780143122159

ISBN-10: 0143122150

ISBN-13: 9780143122159

Edition: 2012

Authors: John Lewis Gaddis

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Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in BiographyWidely 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.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 816
Size: 5.54" wide x 8.40" long x 1.80" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

John Lewis Gaddis is Robert A. Lovett Professor of History and Political Science at Yale University.



Preface






Childhood: 1904-1921



Princeton: 1921-1925



The Foreign Service: 1925-1931



Marriage-and Moscow: 1931-1933






The Origins of Soviet-American Relations: 1933-1936



Rediscovering America: 1936-1938



Czechoslovakia and Germany: 1938-1941



The United States at War: 1941-1944



Back in the U.S.S.R.: 1944-1945



A Very Long Telegram: 1945-1946






A Grand Strategic Education: 1946



Mr. X: 1947



Policy Planner: 1947-1948



Policy Dissenter: 1948



Reprieve: 1949



Disengagement: 1950






Public Figure, Private Doubts: 1950-1951



Mr. Ambassador: 1952



Finding a Niche: 1953-1955



A Rare Possibility of Usefulness: 1955-1958



Kennedy and Yugoslavia: 1958-1963






Counter-Cultural Critic: 1963-1968



Prophet of the Apocalypse: 1968-1980



A Precarious Vindication: 1980-1990



Last Things: 1991-2005


Epilogue: Greatness


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations to Notes and Bibliography


Notes


Bibliography


Index