"George F. Kennan: Memoirs, 1925-1950"

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"The purpose of this paper is to discuss and analyze the book, "George F. Kennan: Memoirs, 1925-1950".

This is a very meaty book, written by one of America's premier diplomats in the Foreign Service, who chronicles his experiences abroad during some of the most pivotal events ever to happen on the world stage.

In Chapter 1, "A Personal Note," the author states his qualifications as "I had inherited a detestation of scenes which I can only put down as a congenital weakness of the family. Many people plow more lucidly through the inevitable brutalities of life. My greatest assets were a reasonably lucid and open intellect, lazy and passive when left to itself but capable of vigorous reaction when challenged; a high sensitivity to atmosphere and to other people's worlds of thought; and an almost ... "

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