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2012 National Book Festival: Interview and Call-in with John Lewis Gaddis, "George F. Kennan: An American Life"

John Lewis Gaddis

About the Program

From the 12th annual National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC, an interview and national viewer phone calls with Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis who discusses his book George F. Kennan: An American Life, the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

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John Lewis Gaddis

John Lewis Gaddis is the author of numerous books, including The United States and the End of the Cold War: Implications, Reconsiderations, Provocations and The Cold War: A New History.  He is a history professor at Yale University.  John Lewis Gaddis' George F. Kennan was the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. 


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2012 National Book Festival: Interview and Call-in with John Lewis Gaddis, "George F. Kennan: An American Life"

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  • Sunday, October 21st at 6:15am (ET)
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