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Kennan has 40 books on goodreads with 5509 ratings. George frost kennan february 16, 1904 march 17, 2005 was an american advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as the father of containment and as a key figure in the emergence of the cold war. Discover book depositorys huge selection of george f kennan books online. Kennan to analyze soviet communism and put forth ideas on how to deal with stalin and communist russia. Drawing on his considerable diplomatic experience and expertise, kennan offers an overview and critique of the foreign policy of an emerging great power whose claims to rightness often spill over into selfrighteousness, whose ambitions conflict with power realities, whose. Paul nitze, george kennan, and the history of the cold war 2009. One senses that kennan himself, at his best a bold truthteller, would have been pleased. George frost kennan february 16, 1904 march 17, 2005 was an american diplomat and. Unwrapping the enigma of the career diplomat who wrote the long telegram. Kennan, a career foreign service officer, formulated the policy of containment, the basic united states strategy for fighting the cold war 19471989 with the soviet union. Jun 21, 2012 discover book depositorys huge selection of george f kennan books online. I, pulitzer prize and the autobiographical sketches from a life 1989. Kennan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.

An american life, the cold war historian john lewis gaddis reveals the author of the containment doctrine, which governed united states foreign policy for. Blest is the man who has visited this world in its fateful moments f. Kennan s american diplomacy has been a standard work on american foreign policy. An american life, bids fair to be as close to the final word as possible on one of the most important, complex, moving, challenging and.

Kennan and the institute institute for advanced study. Given this background, the kennan diaries is an illuminating, fascinating and sometimes disturbing book. Robert oppenheimer right, director 194766 of the institute for advanced study, and george f. Kennan, including american diplomacy, and memoirs 19501963, and more on. Feb 23, 2014 given this background, the kennan diaries is an illuminating, fascinating and sometimes disturbing book. Very much like kissinger, however, kennan continued to cast a. An american life hardcover november 10, 2011 by john lewis gaddis author. Now the full scope of kennan s long life and vast influence is revealed by one of todays most important cold war scholars. One man who had first hand knowledge was a foreign service officer, george f. Few in the west had experience with the communist state and even fewer understood what motivated the soviets. Kennan ended his book with a lament that the america of his youth no longer existed as he complained that most americans were seduced by. Kennan, american diplomat and historian best known for his successful advocacy of a containment policy to oppose soviet expansionism following world war ii. Kennans philosophy behind stopping communism from spreading was through containment, even though the telegraph did not have. Kennan was the most celebrated diplomatintellectual of the 20th century.

An american life paperback august 28, 2012 by john lewis gaddis author. George kennan and containment short history department. Kennan had also received 29 honorary degrees and was honored in his name with the george f. A prolific and acclaimed author, kennan won simultaneous pulitzer prizes and national book awards for russia leaves the war 1956 and memoirs, 19251950 1967. Kennan during his lifetime, it was a neighbor of his, one j. He is best known for his role in shaping us foreign. These two documents laid out united states strategy for containing the soviet uniona strategy which kennan himself questioned in later years. France, russia, and the coming of the first world war, new york. An american life is the way he brings out not only the scholar in kennan, but also the human being behind the scholarship complete with. An american life books online at best prices in india by john lewis gaddis from. Nov, 2011 while writing this essay, i asked several young men and women what george f.

Sovietamerican relations in the atomic age, new york. Hdiplo would like to thank professor stephanson and einaudi for granting us permission to post this essay. Kennan chair in national security strategy at the national war college and the george f. Few individuals have ever had such an influence on world politics, as did george kennan, at age 45, 1950, he was the architect of the cold war strategy of the west. Kennan has 40 books on goodreads with 5519 ratings. Kennan professorship at the institute for advanced study. Kennan center, then professor in the school of historical studies and former ambassador to russia, conferred with nine soviet educators who were on a fiveweek stay in the united states. The following essay on george kennan is a longer version of anders stephansons entry in the dictionary of communism einaudi, 2006. So if you have not read memoirs 19251950, dont read the second, for it serves as memoir, onwards from his stepping down from his critical role in his office adjacent to. Discover librarianselected research resources on george f.

He is best known for his role in shaping us foreign policy during the cold war and, in particular, for the doctrine of containment. For all the reams of books and essays written about george f. Kennan, the article impacted and created a different perspective on the spread of communism and the soviet union. The paperback of the george kennan memoirs 19251950 by george f. As it turned out, nearly all were essentially oblivious of the man or his role in shaping. Kennans ideas, which became the basis of the truman administrations foreign policy, first came to public attention in 1947 in the form of an. George kennan was an expert on russian history and culture, and lived in moscow as a senior u. Dec 29, 2011 gaddiss monumental achievement in george f. Yale historian john lewis gaddis began this magisterial history almost thirty years ago, interviewing kennan frequently and gaining complete access to his voluminous diaries and other personal papers.

Kennans vision struck that college junior forever, and gaddis biography is one of the few expressions that measures up to the great mans legacy. The earlier george kennan first experienced the russian culture in 1865 as a member of the russianamerican telegraph expedition, which was sponsored by western union, an american communication company. Kennan already had a special interest in russia through his grandfathers cousin, also named george kennan 18451924. Kennan from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. In 1946, while he was charge daffaires in moscow, kennan sent an 8,000word telegram to the departmentthe nowfamous long telegram. Kennan from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. Kennanthen a bright but, relatively obscure american diplomatwrote the long telegram and the x article. The subtitle of this book, an american life, invites comment, since its subject, george kennan, spent a considerable proportion of his adult life outside of the usa and married a foreigner, considered himself an 18th century man a product of the european, not the american tradition, and remained a trenchant critic of american culture and society. Kennan by john lewis gaddis that won the 2012 pulitzer prize for biography or autobiography. Poor john gaddis has seen his undertaking being put off for years while he waits for me to make way for it, george kennan told his diary in february 2003. An american life online of indias largest online book store, only genuine products. Kennan, 19042005 anders stephanson, columbia university a brief note to readers. Other autobiographies include memoirs, 19501963 1972, sketches from a life 1989, and at a centurys ending. He was sent overseas immediately and spent several.

On a hot, dusty sunday in september 1959, george frost kennan welcomed to his pennsylvania farmhouse a. His previous books include the united states and the origins of the cold war. Drawing on extensive interviews with george kennan and exclusive access to his archives, an eminent scholar of the cold war delivers a revelatory biography of its troubled mastermind. Upon graduation from princeton in 1925, kennan entered the foreign service. Kennan morality and foreign policy jln a small volume of lectures published nearly thirtyfive years ago,1 i had the temerity to suggest that the american statesmen of the turn of the twentieth century were unduly legalistic and moralistic in their judgment of the actions of other governments. Kennan descended the steps of the state department building as a newly retired man.