GEORGE KENNAN: A Life Caught Between the United States and the Soviet Union

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GEORGE KENNAN: A Life Caught Between the United States and the Soviet Union

Andrew Keen

Jan 20, 2023

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to Frank Costigliola, author of KENNAN; A Life Between Two Worlds. They discuss the life of the 20th century American diplomat George Kennan with a focus on:

-- Kennan's role in the origins of the Cold War

-- Kennan's interest in Freudian theory

-- Kennan's love of Russian culture

-- Kennan's history of womanizing and his imperfect marriage

-- How Kennan would view today's war in Ukraine

-- The challenge for the historian of writing biography

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