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George F. Kennan: An American Life. [hardcover].
by Gaddis, John Lewis
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- Hardcover
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- Near Fine/Near Fine dj. REMAINDER MARK in ink along bottom outer edge else a clean/tight/crisp copy: no names or writings, no sp
- ISBN 10
- 1594203121
- ISBN 13
- 9781594203121
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New York. Penguin Press. 2011. HARDCOVER.. Near Fine/Near Fine dj. REMAINDER MARK in ink along bottom outer edge else a clean/tight/crisp copy: no names or writings, no spine creasing. Jacket complete/clean; faintly scuffed, meager edge creases, NO tears. Octavo. 16 pages of glossy, captioned photo plates. xvi. + 784pp. Source Notes, Bibliography, Index. REMAINDER MARK in ink on bottom outer edge. Jacket art same as Stock Photo. First Edition. 7th (SEVENTH) Printing per print number line. $39.95 list price & '1111 pub date code on jacket. HEAVY BOOK - SHIPS USPS MEDIA MAIL ONLY IN A PROTECTIVE BOX. Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
Synopsis
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.
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- Title
- George F. Kennan: An American Life. [hardcover].
- Author
- Gaddis, John Lewis
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/Near Fine dj. REMAINDER MARK in ink along bottom outer edge else a clean/tight/crisp copy: no names or writings, no sp
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594203121
- ISBN 13
- 9781594203121
- Publisher
- Penguin Press.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 2011.
- Pages
- xvi. + 784pp.
- Size
- Octavo.
- Keywords
- George Frost Kennan Biography 20th Century American Foreign Relations Geopolitical Diplomatic History Cold War Averell Harriman
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