George F. Kennan : An American Life
by Gaddis, John LewisEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2012-08-28
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Summary
The full scope of George Kennan's long life and vast influence is revealed by one of today's most important Cold War scholars. Yale historian Gaddis began this magisterial history almost 30 years ago; the result is a remarkably revealing view of how this greatest of Cold War strategists came to doubt his strategy and always doubted himself.
Author Biography
John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University. His previous books include The United States and the Origins of the Cold War; Strategies of Containment; The Long Peace; We Now Know; The Landscape of History; Surprise, Security, and the American Experience; and The Cold War: A New History. Professor Gaddis teaches courses on Cold War history, grand strategy, international studies, and biography; has won two Yale undergraduate teaching awards; was a 2005 recipient of the National Humanities Medal; and is the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for George F. Kennan.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Childhood: 1904-1921 | p. 3 |
| Princeton: 1921-1925 | p. 23 |
| The Foreign Service: 1925-1931 | p. 39 |
| Marriage-and Moscow: 1931-1933 | p. 60 |
| The Origins of Soviet-American Relations: 1933-1936 | p. 79 |
| Rediscovering America: 1936-1938 | p. 99 |
| Czechoslovakia and Germany: 1938-1941 | p. 120 |
| The United States at War: 1941-1944 | p. 147 |
| Back in the U.S.S.R.: 1944-1945 | p. 172 |
| A Very Long Telegram: 1945-1946 | p. 201 |
| A Grand Strategic Education: 1946 | p. 225 |
| Mr. X: 1947 | p. 249 |
| Policy Planner: 1947-1948 | p. 276 |
| Policy Dissenter: 1948 | p. 309 |
| Reprieve: 1949 | p. 337 |
| Disengagement: 1950 | p. 371 |
| Public Figure, Private Doubts: 1950-1951 | p. 407 |
| Mr. Ambassador: 1952 | p. 439 |
| Finding a Niche: 1953-1955 | p. 477 |
| A Rare Possibility of Usefulness: 1955-1958 | p. 506 |
| Kennedy and Yugoslavia: 1958-1963 | p. 538 |
| Counter-Cultural Critic: 1963-1968 | p. 577 |
| Prophet of the Apocalypse: 1968-1980 | p. 613 |
| A Precarious Vindication: 1980-1990 | p. 647 |
| Last Things: 1991-2005 | p. 676 |
| Epilogue: Greatness | p. 693 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 699 |
| Abbreviations to Notes and Bibliography | p. 701 |
| Notes | p. 703 |
| Bibliography | p. 751 |
| Index | p. 763 |
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