Books by George F. Kennan

Written originally as a series of entries in a travel diary and now considered one of the most important memoirs of our time, Sketches from a Life is George F. Kennan's peerless, impressionistic record of his experiences with twentieth-century history.

"As with the first volume, an extraordinarily complex story is developed with great skill, scholarship and reflective analysis." -Foreign Affairs

Offers an overview and critique of the foreign policy of an emerging great power whose claims to rightness often spill over into self-righteousness, whose ambitions conflict with power realities, whose judgmentalism precludes the interests of other states, and whose domestic politics frequently prevent prudent policies and result in overstretch.

"Thoughtful critiques of many of the major issues confronting American foreign policymakers in the 1980s and early '90s. . . .Kennan's voice is unique, tempered by three decades of life in Stalinist Europe and informed by a deep, unmatched knowledge of Russia's people and history." -Matthew DallekBoston Book Review