Ep. 7 History, George Kennan, and Grand Strategy with Professor John Lewis Gaddis
Description
Professor John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett chair of Naval and Military History at Yale University. He has received the Bancroft Prize, Pulitzer Prize, and National Humanities Medal. The following are his books and articles mentioned and alluded to in the podcast:
The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past
George F. Kennan: An American Life
On Grand Strategy
Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War
The United States and the Origins of the Cold War 1941-1947
Expanding the Data Base: Historians, Political Scientists, and the Enrichment of Security Studies
The Long Peace: Elements of Stability in the Postwar International System
International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War
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Note: This episode was recorded on March 3, 2022 so any reference to political events are from that time.
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