CLARITY AND INSIGHT MARK GEORGE KENNAN'S `CENTURY'S END'.(Spotlight)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: March 17, 1996 | Copyright information

Byline: Dan Oberdorfer Washington Post Book World.

At Century's End: Reflections, 1982-1995

By George F. Kennan. Norton. 351 pages. $27.50.

In the spring of 1953, a new and ideologically oriented secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, ousted from government the best-known career diplomat of the day, George F. Kennan. Dulles' act, roundly criticized, was a blessing in disguise because Kennan ventured forth on one of the most prolific and distinguis...

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