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Informationen zum Autor Edited by John Lukacs Klappentext Presented with an introduction by John Lukacs, the letters in this volume reveal new dimensions in George Kennan's thinking about America and its future and illuminate the political-and spiritual-philosophies that both authors shared as they wrote about a world transformed by war and the clash of ideologies that defined the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Presented with an introduction by John Lukacs! the letters in this volume reveal new dimensions in George Kennan's thinking about America and its future and illuminate the political-and spiritual-philosophies that both authors shared as they wrote about a world transformed by war and the clash of ideologies that defined the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I The Cold War Begins: Containment or Liberation Letters, 1952-1954 II The Cold War at Its Peak: The Soviet Union Redux Letters, 1954-1964 III How History Should Be Written Letters, 1964-1983 IV The Evil Empire and the End of the Cold War Letters, 1983-1988 V The End of an Age: American Hegemony Letters, 1988-2004 Calendar of the Letters Index
List of contents
Introduction
I The Cold War Begins: Containment or Liberation
Letters, 1952-1954
II The Cold War at Its Peak: The Soviet Union Redux
Letters, 1954-1964
III How History Should Be Written
Letters, 1964-1983
IV The Evil Empire and the End of the Cold War
Letters, 1983-1988
V The End of an Age: American Hegemony
Letters, 1988-2004
Calendar of the Letters
Index
