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George F. Kennan: An American Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Contributor(s): Gaddis, John Lewis (Author)
ISBN: 0143122150     ISBN-13: 9780143122159
Publisher: Penguin Books
OUR PRICE:   $22.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Modern - 20th Century
- Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 1.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.80 lbs) 816 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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Publisher Description:
Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Biography

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.