{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ill Literacy: Books with Benson","title":"Kennan: A Life Between Worlds (Guest: Frank Costigliola)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6477,"description":"Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Frank Costigliola, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, to discuss his new book, Kennan: A Life between Worlds. They chat about why George Kennan was one of the most important, and complex, figures in the history of American foreign policy, his diplomatic career in the Soviet Union, his rise to fame and preeminence, and his swift fall from power and influence. They also discuss how Kennan was impossible to classify and whether his diplomatic vision holds any lessons for today. \nGet the book here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691165400/kennan\n\nShow Notes:\nFinancial Times: Anatol Lieven – “Kennan: A Life Between Worlds — lessons for the containment of Russia”\nhttps://www.ft.com/content/76231e54-063a-4366-acd1-cecd314c470e\n\nFirst Things: Patrick Porter – “Cold War Contradictions”\nhttps://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/04/cold-war-contradictions\n\nForeign Affairs: Fredrik Logevall – “The Ghosts of Kennan”\nhttps://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/ghosts-george-kennan-lessons-cold-war\n\nForeign Policy: Michael Hirsh – “Is Cold War Inevitable?”\nhttps://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/23/cold-war-george-kennan-diplomacy-containment-united-states-china-soviet-union/\n\nThe New Republic: Patrick Iber – “George Kennan’s False Moves”\nhttps://newrepublic.com/article/169557/george-kennans-false-moves\n\nTimes Literary Supplement: Harold James – “Kissing Stalin on the mouth”\nhttps://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/kennan-frank-costigliola-book-review-harold-james/\n\nWashington Examiner: Damir Marusic – “The divided George Kennan”\nhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-divided-george-kennan","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kNYd03PWLsrhW1fapjuL69XCID7ipQAh8UAmtQYE_W0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2NzM4LzE2Njk4/MzU0NzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}