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George F. Kennan : an American life / John Lewis Gaddis.
A remarkably revealing view of how this greatest of Cold War strategists came to doubt his strategy and always doubted himself.
Record details
- ISBN: 1594203121 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781594203121 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780143122159
- ISBN: 0143122150
- Physical Description: xi, 784 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [703]-749, [751]-762) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Awards Note: | Winner of the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | Biography Gaddi 2011 (Text) | 33892002453539 | Main Collection | Available | - |
