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Kennan, George F. The Cloud of Danger: Current Realities of American Foreign Policy MA Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown 1977 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing NF/NF Illustrated by Anderson, Marge 234 pages; Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Edition. Bright blue on beige spine with bright blue lettering. Soft bump back bottom corner tip. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ has just a bit of shelf rub at corner tips and top spine tip. This is the trenchant of one of our most distinguished American diplomats. George Kennan entered our Foreign Service fifty years ago. Berlin Embassy - He was in charge of our Berlin Embassy when Hitler declaired war and interned him and the staff. He was the first diplomat we sent to the Soviet Union in 1932; his eight years in Russia culminated to his Ambassadorship. As former head of the State Department Policy Planning Staff, he had to clarify our total position in world affairs. His book is informal in its approach, persuasive in its common sense, wise in the interpretation if his experience, this is one man's testament of faith. Price: 15.00 USD
Kennan, George F. The Decline Of Bismarck's European Order-franco-russian Relations, 1875 - 1890 NJ Princeton University Press 1980 Trade Paperback; Second Printing VG+ 465 pages; Very Good Plus condition. Two tiny spots top outside page edges. No creases. Solid, otherwise clean. In the introduction to his book George Kennan tells us, "I came to see World War I... As the great seminal catastrophe of this century - the event which .. Lay at the heart of the failure and decline of this Western Civilization... . Mr Kennnan launches a "micro-history" of the Franco-Russian relationship as far back as 1870s in an effort to determine the motives that led people "to wander so blindly" into the horrors of the First World War. Price: 15.00 USD
