At a century's ending: reflections, 1982-1995 / George F. Kennan
by Kennan, George F. (George Frost) (1904-2005)
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- ISBN 13
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New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 351 pages; 25 cm. Contents:pt. 1. Background / The war to end war -- Historical inevitability and world war (1890-1914) -- Flashbacks -- Communism in Russian history -- Religion in Russia -- pt. 2. Nuclear weapons and Christian faith / Toward peace on two fronts -- The state of U.S.-Soviet relations -- America's Far-Eastern policy at the height of the Cold War -- American policy toward Russia on the eve of the 1984 Presidential election -- First things first at the summit -- Containment: then and now -- Foreword to The Pathology of Power by Norman Cousins -- Threat lies in arms race, not force -- pt. 3. Cold War, its decline and fall / American democracy and foreign policy -- U.S.-Soviet relations: containment as a prerequisite for accommodation -- The Marshall Plan and the future of the west -- Is the Cold War over? -- Just another great power -- NATO and the Warsaw Pact -- A new age of European security -- Remarks for the Milwaukee Forum -- Republicans won the Cold War? -- pt. 4. Reviews and introductions / The Balkan Crises: 1913 and 1993 -- In the American mirror -- The Gorbachev prospect -- The buried past -- Letter to Robert Tucker -- Foreword to 'Before the Storm, ' by Marion Grafin Donhoff -- Witness -- Keeping the faith -- pt. 5. Miscellaneous / Morality and foreign policy -- Security and the Moscow embassy -- Somalia, through a glass darkly -- Remarks delivered at a birthday party of the Slavic division of the New York Public Library -- History, literature, and the road to Peterhof -- Acceptance speech, Gold Medal for History -- Upon receiving the Toynbee Prize -- The new Russia as a neighbor.Subjects: Kennan, George F. (George Frost) 1904-2005. Soviet Union Foreign relations United States.United States Foreign relations 20th century.
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- Title
- At a century's ending: reflections, 1982-1995 / George F. Kennan
- Author
- Kennan, George F. (George Frost) (1904-2005)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393038823
- ISBN 13
- 9780393038828
- Publisher
- New York: W.W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
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