George Kennan: A Writing Life

by Lee Congdon

Book Overview

There were two George F. Kennans. The first was the well-known diplomat and ambassador to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia--a tough political realist and man of the world who gained fame as the theorist of America's Cold War "containment" strategy. This was a "persona" that Kennan adopted in order to carry out his professional responsibilities. The second, largely unknown, but real George Kennan was a writer and aesthete--a shy, lonely man who felt...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933859717
• ISBN13: 9781933859712
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.8"