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George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis — book cover

George F. Kennan: An American Life

by John Lewis Gaddis

National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography · 2011 · Winner
Penguin Pressbiography-memoirhistorynonfictionISBN 9781594203121

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About This Book

John Lewis Gaddis's authorized biography of diplomat and strategist George Kennan, who authored the containment doctrine that shaped Cold War foreign policy and lived to 101, is a monumental work drawing on decades of access and Kennan's own diaries. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the NBCC Award.

About the Author

John Lewis Gaddis is an author whose work has been recognized by major literary awards.

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