Kennan’s life spanned the 20th century and he observed and affected so much of what the rest of us lived through—the Marshall Plan and the containment policy of the Soviet Union that became the Cold War. This is an American life lived in public, but filled with second thoughts, doubts, and the yearning for simplicity. Kennan’s life is a microcosm of the past century—a wonderfully written view through the eyes of one of us.

—Nancy of RJ Julia Booksellers, Madison

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