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245 10 a| George F. Kennan :b| an American life /c| John Lewis Gaddis.;

260 a| New York :b| Penguin Press,c| 2011.;

300 a| xi, 784 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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

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

505 0 a| 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.;

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George F. Kennan : an American life / John Lewis Gaddis.

Author/creator	Gaddis, John Lewis
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
Description	xi, 784 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005. World politics--1945-1989. Cold War--Diplomatic history. Diplomats--United States. --Biography. Ambassadors--United States. --Biography. United States--Foreign relations. --1945-1989. United States--Foreign relations. --Soviet Union. Soviet Union--Foreign relations. --United States.

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.
Abstract	A remarkably revealing view of how this greatest of Cold War strategists came to doubt his strategy and always doubted himself.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [703]-749, [751]-762) and index.
LCCN	2011021786
ISBN	9781594203121 (hardcover)
ISBN	1594203121 (hardcover)

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