Bibliograph

George F. Kennan, an American life, John Lewis Gaddis

Type

Label

George F. Kennan, an American life, John Lewis Gaddis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [703]-749, [751]-762) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

George F. Kennan

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographypatent document

Oclc number

773613390

Responsibility statement

John Lewis Gaddis

Sub title

an American life

Summary

A remarkably revealing view of how this greatest of Cold War strategists came to doubt his strategy and always doubted himself

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adult

Classification