George F. Kennan - An American Life

Informationen zum Autor John Lewis Gaddis Klappentext Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Biography Widely and enthusiastically acclaimed, this is the authorized, definitive biography of one of the most fascinating but troubled figures of the twentieth century by the nation's leading Cold War historian. In the late 1940s, George F. Kennan-then a bright but, relatively obscure American diplomat-wrote the "long telegram" and the "X" article. These two documents laid out United States' strategy for "containing" the Soviet Union-a strategy which Kennan himself questioned in later years. Based on exclusive access to Kennan and his archives, this landmark history illuminates a life that both mirrored and shaped the century it spanned. Zusammenfassung Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year 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. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, this extraordinary biography delves into the mind of the brilliant diplomat who shaped U.S. policy towards the Soviet Union for decades. This is a landmark work of history and biography that reveals the vast influence and rich inner landscape of a life that both mirrored and shaped the century it spanned.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John Lewis Gaddis, Gaddis John Lewis
• Edition: Penguin Books USA
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 28.08.2012
• EAN: 9780143122159
• ISBN: 978-0-14-312215-9
• Pages: 816
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 204 mm x 43 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, General and world history, Biography: historical, political and military