Renowned Yale historian John Lewis Gaddis just won a Pulitzer Prize for his new biography on George F. Kennan, a leading figure during the Cold War. Kennan was known as “the father of containment,” a U.S. policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism. We talk with Gaddis about writing the authorized biography, and about Kennan’s political legacy today.
- More: About the book “George F. Kennan: An American Life” – at Pulitzer.org
- More: A New Look At The Man Behind U.S. Cold War Policy – from NPR