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Presented with an introduction by John Lukacs, the letters in this volume reveal new dimensions in George Kennan's thinking about America and its future and illuminate the political-and spiritual-philosophies that both authors shared as they wrote about a world transformed by war and the clash of ideologies that defined the twentieth century.

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"A fascinating volume. . . . The book poses anew, in an admirably lean and accessible way, a question that has long swirled around Kennan: What were the intellectual underpinnings of his insistence on a restrained, 'realist' foreign policy that shunned bold efforts to remake the world in the American image?" * New York Times *

Table of Contents

Introduction
I The Cold War Begins: Containment or Liberation
Letters, 1952-1954
II The Cold War at Its Peak: The Soviet Union Redux
Letters, 1954-1964
III How History Should Be Written
Letters, 1964-1983
IV The Evil Empire and the End of the Cold War
Letters, 1983-1988
V The End of an Age: American Hegemony
Letters, 1988-2004
Calendar of the Letters
Index

Through the History of the Cold War

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 30 May 2013
      ISBN-13 9780812222715
      978-0812222715
      ISBN-10 0812222717

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presented with an introduction by John Lukacs, the letters in this volume reveal new dimensions in George Kennan's thinking about America and its future and illuminate the political-and spiritual-philosophies that both authors shared as they wrote about a world transformed by war and the clash of ideologies that defined the twentieth century.

      Trade Review
      "A fascinating volume. . . . The book poses anew, in an admirably lean and accessible way, a question that has long swirled around Kennan: What were the intellectual underpinnings of his insistence on a restrained, 'realist' foreign policy that shunned bold efforts to remake the world in the American image?" * New York Times *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      I The Cold War Begins: Containment or Liberation
      Letters, 1952-1954
      II The Cold War at Its Peak: The Soviet Union Redux
      Letters, 1954-1964
      III How History Should Be Written
      Letters, 1964-1983
      IV The Evil Empire and the End of the Cold War
      Letters, 1983-1988
      V The End of an Age: American Hegemony
      Letters, 1988-2004
      Calendar of the Letters
      Index

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