02497cam a22004214a 4500 128790 20230410132845.0 110602s2011 nyuaf b 001 0beng 2011021786 9780143122159 9781594203121 (OCoLC)ocn707969078 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP UPZ QDK ABG LMR VP@ BWX CDX DLC pcc n-us--- B E 748 K34G 2011 327.730092 Gaddis, John Lewis. George F. Kennan : an American life / John Lewis Gaddis. New York : Penguin Books, 2011. xi, 784 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [703]-749, [751]-762) and index. A remarkably revealing view of how this greatest of Cold War strategists came to doubt his strategy and always doubted himself. 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. Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005. United States Foreign relations 1945-1989. Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores 1945-1989. Política mundial 1945-1989. Guerra Fría Historia diplomática. Diplomáticos Estados Unidos Biografía. World politics 1945-1989. United States Foreign relations Soviet Union. Soviet Union Foreign relations United States. Cold War Diplomatic history. Diplomats United States Biography. Ambassadors United States Biography. lcc bk 89014 89014 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 B E 748 K34G 2011 00000120982 2018-11-17 00:00:00 1 2018-11-17 bk