George F. Kennan: An American Life

Name: George F. Kennan: An American Life
ISBN: 9781594203121

by John Lewis Gaddis

National Book · 2011 · Winner

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Penguin PressNovember 15, 2011Biography & Memoir History NonfictionISBN 9781594203121

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography	2011	Winner

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.