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Beginning with his first foreign service post in 1927 and ending seven decades later, Kennan's account is rich with the insight of a major historical participant. Whether relating the perils of Hitler's Germany or revisiting Kennan's days as ambassador to the Soviet Union, Sketches... Read Full Overview

Written originally as a series of entries in a travel diary and now considered one of the most important memoirs of the time, national bestseller "Sketches from a Life" is Kennan's peerless, impressionistic record of his experiences with 20th-century history. His account is rich... Read Full Overview

Written originally as a series of entries in a travel diary and now considered one of the most important memoirs of the time, national bestseller "Sketches from a Life" is Kennan's peerless, impressionistic record of his experiences with 20th-century history. His account is rich... Read Full Overview