Kennan, George F.

Memoirs 1950-1963.

London, Hutchinson, 1973. 16 cm x 24 cm. 368 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

Includes the following contents: – Transition / Korea / The Far East / Re-encounter with America / Russia and the Cold War / The Moscow Ambassadorship / Persona Non Grata / Retirement / “McCarthyism” / The 1957 Reith Lectures / Yugoslavia – The Background / Yugoslavia – The Conflict / Epilogue / Annex: The Soviet Union and the Atlantic Pact.

″In this book, George Kennan, who rose more rapidly than any American diplomat of his generation, describes eloquently and critically his alternating careers as a diplomat and historian in the years 1959-1963. The book begins with the request for a leave of absence from the American State Department where under President Truman he had been head of the Policy Planning Staff. Kennan left Washington at a time when Pentagon strategists were fearful that the military power of the Soviet Union would ‘peak’ in 1952.” (Publisher)

• Keywords: Ambassadorship · Cold war · diplomacy · Far East · Korea · McCarthyism · Moscow · Reith Lectures · Russia · Yugoslavia
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0091150906
• Inventory Number: 78139AB

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