{"product_id":"the-kremlinologist-9781421424545","title":"The Kremlinologist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Owl in a Hawk's World: Top diplomat Llewellyn E Thompson was everywhere the Cold War was.   Winner of the New Mexico\/Arizona Book Award for Best BiographyWinner of the New Mexico\/Arizona Book Award for Best BiographyAgainst the sprawling backdrop of the Cold War, The Kremlinologist revisits some of the twentieth century's greatest conflicts as seen through the eyes of its hardest working diplomat, Llewellyn E Thompson. From the wilds of the American West to the inner sanctums of the White House and the Kremlin, Thompson became an important advisor to presidents and a key participant in major global events, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Yet unlike his contemporaries Robert S. McNamara and Dean Rusk, who considered Thompson one of the most crucial Cold War actors and the unsung hero of the Cuban Missile Crisis, he has not been the subject of a major biographyuntil now. Thompson's daughters Jenny and Sherry Thompson skillfully and thoroughly document his life \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Kremlinologist\u003c\/i\u003e is part biography, part Cold War history, and a fitting tribute by his daughters to a consequential American diplomat.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThompson’s is an archetypal American story that took him from the wilds of the American West at the beginning of the 20th century to inside the halls of the White House and behind the walls of the Kremlin . . . Thompson’s story also confirms the power of personal diplomacy, patience and cultivation of deep understanding of and empathy for the other.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHistory News Network\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeither Jenny nor Sherry Thompson, his daughters, is a professional historian, but they have closely researched official records and secondary sources and interviewed experts and eyewitnesses, and they draw on personal anecdotes that illuminate the family life of this formidable diplomat. The result is a readable portrait of a man whose behind-the-scenes role in major events is easy to overlook.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLlewellyn Thompson served eight U.S. presidents as a diplomat, including two stints as U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. This rigorously documented book by his two daughters recounts his four decades as a Foreign Service officer . . . a valuable addition to the history of the first half of the Cold War, as well as a compelling biography of their father.\u003cbr\u003e—Robert Legvold, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmbassador Thompson would have been proud of the skill, thoroughness and evenhandedness with which his daughters compiled this biography.\u003cbr\u003e—Jonathan B. Rickert, Retired Senior Foreign Service Officer, \u003ci\u003eThe Foreign Service Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn vigorous prose, Thompson's daughters Jenny and Sherry Thompson document his life as an accomplished career diplomat. They describe how Thompson joined the Foreign Service both to feed his desire for adventure and from a deep sense of duty.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Foreign Service Journal, \"In Their Own Write\" Annual Feature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis magnificent book, handsomely produced by the publisher, is a pleasure to read. Jenny Thompson and Sherry Thompson have skillfully interwoven memories from their childhood experiences in Russia, their mother's unpublished memoirs, other family papers, interviews with American diplomats, extensive research in published and unpublished documents, and wide range of scholarly studies to create a thorough and insightful examination of the long diplomatic career of their extraordinarily discreet and self-effacing father.\u003cbr\u003e—David S. Foglesong, Rutgers University, \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Beginning\u003cbr\u003e2. Into the World\u003cbr\u003e3. To Moscow\u003cbr\u003e4. The Siege of Moscow\u003cbr\u003e5. The Germans in Retreat\u003cbr\u003e6. Conferences\u003cbr\u003e7. The Hot War Ends and the Cold War Begins\u003cbr\u003e8. The Truman Doctrine\u003cbr\u003e9. The Birth of Covert Operations\u003cbr\u003e10. Overseas Again\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Chief of Mission\u003cbr\u003e12. The Trieste Negotiations\u003cbr\u003e13. The Austrian State Treaty Negotiations\u003cbr\u003e14. Open Skies, Closed Borders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Khrushchev's Decade (1953–1964)\u003cbr\u003e16. Moscow 2\u003cbr\u003e17. Khrushchev's First Gamble: Berlin Poker\u003cbr\u003e18. Dueling Exhibitions\u003cbr\u003e19. The Russian Is Coming\u003cbr\u003e20. U-2: The End of Détente\u003cbr\u003e21. Picking Up the Pieces\u003cbr\u003e22. Working for the New President\u003cbr\u003e23. Meeting in Vienna\u003cbr\u003e24. The Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party\u003cbr\u003e25. Up the Down Escalator\u003cbr\u003e26. Goodbye Moscow, Hello Washington\u003cbr\u003e27. Thirteen Days in October\u003cbr\u003e28. Limited Test Ban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e29. The Lyndon Johnson Years\u003cbr\u003e30. Strand One\u003cbr\u003e31. Thompson's Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e32. Strand Two\u003cbr\u003e33. Strand Three\u003cbr\u003e34. Moscow 3\u003cbr\u003e35. The Six-Day War\u003cbr\u003e36. Glassboro\u003cbr\u003e37. 1968\u003cbr\u003e38. \"Retirement,\" So to Speak\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408124289367,"sku":"9781421424545","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421424545.jpg?v=1730501672","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-kremlinologist-9781421424545","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}