Gaddis, Kennan, and the Cold War: An Assessment of the Biography

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
David Mayers
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
American Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Cold War History ◽  
The U.S

Nine experts on Cold War history offer commentaries about John Lewis Gaddis's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George F. Kennan, the first head of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. The commentators come from several countries and offer a wide range of perspectives about Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life, published by Penguin Books in 2011. Although most of the commentators express highly favorable assessments of the book, they also raise numerous points of criticism. Two of the commentators, Barton J. Bernstein and Anders Stephanson, present extended critiques of Gaddis's biography. The forum concludes with a reply by Gaddis to all the commentaries, especially those by Bernstein and Stephanson.

Commentary on John Lewis Gaddis, George F. Kennan: An American Life

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-224
Author(s):  
Binoy Kampmark
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
American Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
Cold War History ◽  
The U.S

Nine experts on Cold War history offer commentaries about John Lewis Gaddis's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George F. Kennan, the first head of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. The commentators come from several countries and offer a wide range of perspectives about Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life, published by Penguin Books in 2011. Although most of the commentators express highly favorable assessments of the book, they also raise numerous points of criticism. Two of the commentators, Barton J. Bernstein and Anders Stephanson, present extended critiques of Gaddis's biography. The forum concludes with a reply by Gaddis to all the commentaries, especially those by Bernstein and Stephanson.

George F. Kennan and the Division of Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-232
Author(s):  
Vít Smetana
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
American Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
Cold War History ◽  
The U.S

Nine experts on Cold War history offer commentaries about John Lewis Gaddis's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George F. Kennan, the first head of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. The commentators come from several countries and offer a wide range of perspectives about Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life, published by Penguin Books in 2011. Although most of the commentators express highly favorable assessments of the book, they also raise numerous points of criticism. Two of the commentators, Barton J. Bernstein and Anders Stephanson, present extended critiques of Gaddis's biography. The forum concludes with a reply by Gaddis to all the commentaries, especially those by Bernstein and Stephanson.

Contained? The Religious Life of George F. Kennan and Its Influence

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 196-215
Author(s):  
James C. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
American Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
Cold War History ◽  
The U.S

Nine experts on Cold War history offer commentaries about John Lewis Gaddis's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George F. Kennan, the first head of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. The commentators come from several countries and offer a wide range of perspectives about Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life, published by Penguin Books in 2011. Although most of the commentators express highly favorable assessments of the book, they also raise numerous points of criticism. Two of the commentators, Barton J. Bernstein and Anders Stephanson, present extended critiques of Gaddis's biography. The forum concludes with a reply by Gaddis to all the commentaries, especially those by Bernstein and Stephanson.

Reply to the Commentaries

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-245
Author(s):  
John Lewis Gaddis
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
American Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
Cold War History ◽  
The U.S

Nine experts on Cold War history offer commentaries about John Lewis Gaddis's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George F. Kennan, the first head of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. The commentators come from several countries and offer a wide range of perspectives about Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life, published by Penguin Books in 2011. Although most of the commentators express highly favorable assessments of the book, they also raise numerous points of criticism. Two of the commentators, Barton J. Bernstein and Anders Stephanson, present extended critiques of Gaddis's biography. The forum concludes with a reply by Gaddis to all the commentaries, especially those by Bernstein and Stephanson.

Analyzing and Assessing Gaddis's Kennan Biography: Questionable Interpretations and Unpursued Evidence and Issues

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 170-182
Author(s):  
Barton J. Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
American Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
Cold War History ◽  
The U.S

Nine experts on Cold War history offer commentaries about John Lewis Gaddis's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George F. Kennan, the first head of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. The commentators come from several countries and offer a wide range of perspectives about Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life, published by Penguin Books in 2011. Although most of the commentators express highly favorable assessments of the book, they also raise numerous points of criticism. Two of the commentators, Barton J. Bernstein and Anders Stephanson, present extended critiques of Gaddis's biography. The forum concludes with a reply by Gaddis to all the commentaries, especially those by Bernstein and Stephanson.

Gaddis's Achievement: Taking the Measure of Kennan

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 183-188
Author(s):  
Vladimir O. Pechatnov
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
American Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
Cold War History ◽  
The U.S

Nine experts on Cold War history offer commentaries about John Lewis Gaddis's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George F. Kennan, the first head of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. The commentators come from several countries and offer a wide range of perspectives about Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life, published by Penguin Books in 2011. Although most of the commentators express highly favorable assessments of the book, they also raise numerous points of criticism. Two of the commentators, Barton J. Bernstein and Anders Stephanson, present extended critiques of Gaddis's biography. The forum concludes with a reply by Gaddis to all the commentaries, especially those by Bernstein and Stephanson.

Reflections on George F. Kennan: An American Life

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-160
Author(s):  
James G. Hershberg
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
American Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
Cold War History ◽  
The U.S

Nine experts on Cold War history offer commentaries about John Lewis Gaddis's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George F. Kennan, the first head of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. The commentators come from several countries and offer a wide range of perspectives about Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life, published by Penguin Books in 2011. Although most of the commentators express highly favorable assessments of the book, they also raise numerous points of criticism. Two of the commentators, Barton J. Bernstein and Anders Stephanson, present extended critiques of Gaddis's biography. The forum concludes with a reply by Gaddis to all the commentaries, especially those by Bernstein and Stephanson.

Gaddis's Kennan: A Different Kennan?

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-240
Author(s):  
Anders Stephanson
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
American Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
Cold War History ◽  
The U.S

Nine experts on Cold War history offer commentaries about John Lewis Gaddis's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George F. Kennan, the first head of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. The commentators come from several countries and offer a wide range of perspectives about Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life, published by Penguin Books in 2011. Although most of the commentators express highly favorable assessments of the book, they also raise numerous points of criticism. Two of the commentators, Barton J. Bernstein and Anders Stephanson, present extended critiques of Gaddis's biography. The forum concludes with a reply by Gaddis to all the commentaries, especially those by Bernstein and Stephanson.

An Assessment of John Lewis Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-195
Author(s):  
Ivan Kurilla
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
American Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
Cold War History ◽  
The U.S

Nine experts on Cold War history offer commentaries about John Lewis Gaddis's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George F. Kennan, the first head of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. The commentators come from several countries and offer a wide range of perspectives about Gaddis's George F. Kennan: An American Life, published by Penguin Books in 2011. Although most of the commentators express highly favorable assessments of the book, they also raise numerous points of criticism. Two of the commentators, Barton J. Bernstein and Anders Stephanson, present extended critiques of Gaddis's biography. The forum concludes with a reply by Gaddis to all the commentaries, especially those by Bernstein and Stephanson.

Philip Wayne Powell, the Cold War, and the Conquest of Northern Mexico

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-304
Author(s):  
Raphael B. Folsom
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Colonial Mexico ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The U.S

The writings of the U.S. scholar Philip Wayne Powell have had an enduring influence on the historiography of colonial Mexico and the Spanish borderlands. But his writings have never been examined as a unified corpus, and so the deeply reactionary political ideology that lay behind them has never been well understood. By analyzing Powell’s political convictions, this article shows how contemporary scholarship on the conquest of northern Mexico can emerge from Powell’s long shadow. Los escritos del estudioso estadounidense Philip Wayne Powell han ejercido una influencia perdurable sobre la historiografía del México colonial y las zonas fronterizas españolas. Sin embargo, dichos escritos nunca han sido examinados como un corpus unificado, de manera que la ideología política profundamente reaccionaria detrás de ellos nunca ha sido bien comprendida. Al analizar las convicciones políticas de Powell, el presente artículo muestra cómo puede surgir un conocimiento contemporáneo sobre la conquista del norte de México a partir de la larga sombra de Powell.

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