George F. Kennan : an American life

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Part I

ONE - Childhood: 1904–1921

TWO - Princeton: 1921–1925

THREE - The Foreign Service: 1925–1931

FOUR - Marriage—and Moscow: 1931–1933

Part II

FIVE - The Origins of Soviet-American Relations: 1933–1936

SIX - Rediscovering America: 1936–1938

SEVEN - Czechoslovakia and Germany: 1938–1941

EIGHT - The United States at War: 1941–1944

NINE - Back in the U.S.S.R.: 1944–1945

TEN - A Very Long Telegram: 1945–1946

Part III

ELEVEN - A Grand Strategic Education: 1946

TWELVE - Mr. X: 1947

THIRTEEN - Policy Planner: 1947–1948

FOURTEEN - Policy Dissenter: 1948

FIFTEEN - Reprieve: 1949

SIXTEEN - Disengagement: 1950

Part IV

SEVENTEEN - Public Figure, Private Doubts: 1950–1951

EIGHTEEN - Mr. Ambassador: 1952

NINETEEN - Finding a Niche: 1953–1955

TWENTY - A Rare Possibility of Usefulness: 1955–1958

TWENTY-ONE - Kennedy and Yugoslavia: 1958–1963

Part V

TWENTY-TWO - Counter-Cultural Critic: 1963–1968

TWENTY-THREE - Prophet of the Apocalypse: 1968–1980

TWENTY-FOUR - A Precarious Vindication: 1980–1990

TWENTY-FIVE - Last Things: 1991–2005

EPILOGUE

Acknowledgements

ABBREVIATIONS TO NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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