George F. Kennan : an American life - Gaddis, John Lewis (New York : Penguin Press, 2011)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Kennan, George F. -- 1904-2005.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.; 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