The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War - Brossura

Thompson, Nicholas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312658869 ISBN 13: 9780312658861

Casa editrice: Picador, 2010

Riassunto

Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War. The two men embodied opposing strategies for winning the conflict. Yet they dined together, attended the weddings of each other's children, and remained lifelong friends.

Paul Nitze was a consummate insider who believed the best way to avoid a nuclear clash was to prepare to win one. George Kennan was a diplomat turned academic whose famous "X article" persuasively argued that we should contain the Soviet Union while waiting for it to collapse from within. A masterly double biography, The Hawk and the Dove "does an inspired job of telling the story of the Cold War through the careers of two of its most interesting and important figures" (The Washington Monthly).

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L'autore

Nicholas Thompson is an editor at Wired magazine, a fellow at the New America Foundation, and a regular contributor to CNN. He has written articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post and numerous other publications. A grandson of Paul Nitze's, he lives in New York City with his wife and son.

Product Description

A brilliant and revealing profile of the two most important Americans during the Cold War era, this masterly double biography tells the story of Paul Nitze--the hawk--and George Kennan--the dove--and their influences on national policy for nearly half a century.

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• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0312658869
• ISBN 13: 9780312658861
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432