![]() ![]() ![]() "These celebrated lectures, delivered at the University of Chicago in 1950, were for many years the most widely read account of American diplomacy in the first half of the twentieth century. "A book about foreign policy by a man who really knows something about foreign policy."-James Reston, New York Times Book Review He confronts the events and topics that have come to occupy American opinion in the last thirty years, including the development and significance of the Cold War, the escalation of the nuclear arms race, and the American involvement in Vietnam. In these additional pieces, Kennan explains how some of his ideas have changed over the years. This expanded edition retains the lectures and essays first published in 1951 as American Diplomacy, 1900-1950 and adds two lectures delivered in 1984 as well as a new preface by the author. His evaluations of diplomatic history and international relations cut to the heart of policy issues much debated today. ![]() ![]() Kennan offers an informed, plain-spoken appraisal of United States foreign policy. Drawing on his diplomatic experience and expertise, George F. ![]()
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