Kennan: a life between worlds

Not very happy people : the Kennan family

Getting to Russia through Germany, 1926-33

The "Madness of '34"

Stalin's Terror and Kennan's trauma, 1935-37

Kennan and the descent into war, 1937-39

Kennan and a world at war, 1939-44

Founder and skeptic of the Cold War, 1944-50

“Chosen instrument”: Kennan's tragedy in Moscow

Disengaging from the Cold War, 1953-66

Kennan embattled, 1967-1982

Almost unstoppable, 1983-2005

Conclusion : The limits of honor.