Kennan Bitter Even With Vindication of His Policies

JOHN LEWIS GADDIS, a cold-war historian, is the author of â??George F. Kennan: An American Lifeâ? (2011; reviewed by The Economist here). He is Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University and a Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy. He serves on the advisory board of the Cold War International History Project and is the author of â??The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Pastâ? (2002); â??Surprise, Security and the American Experience, Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold Warâ? (2004; reviewed by The Economist here); and â??The Cold War: A New Historyâ? (2005; reviewed by The Economist here).