Memoirs 1925-1950 by Kennan George

Memoirs 1925-1950 by Kennan George Little Brown, 1967 unstated ed. Hardback in good condition, NO dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cloth cover is clean and shows little signs of wear. George Frost Kennan was an American diplomat and historian. He was known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War on which he later reversed himself. Dean Acheson was appointed Secretary of State during 1949. Soon thereafter, U.S. Cold War strategy assumed a more assertive and militaristic quality, and Kennan was marginalized. he continued to analyze international affairs as a faculty member of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1956 until his death at age 101. Appendix's A-D, index, 583 pages.