• On the Life of George Kennan, Divided Between the United States and the Soviet Union

    Frank Costigliola in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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    In this episode, Andrew talks to Frank Costigliola, author of Kennan: A Life Between Two Worlds. They discuss the life of the 20th century diplomat George Kennan with a focus on:

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    Kennan’s role in the origins of the Cold War
    Kennan’s interest in Freudian theory
    Kennan’s love of Russian culture
    Kennan’s history of womanizing and his imperfect marriage
    How Kennan would view today’s war in Ukraine
    The challenge for the historian of writing biography

    Frank Costigliola is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. His books include The Kennan Diaries and Roosevelt’s Lost Alliances (Princeton). He raises grass-fed beef cattle in Storrs, Connecticut.


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