George F. Kennan

Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History

by Walter L. Hixson

This brilliant and eloquent book by a distinguished scholar and critic examines the history, the limits, and the promise of the human mind and the knowledge of which it is capable. Professor Highet explores the meaning of our culture from the intellectual and moral monuments of the Greeks, Romans, and Judeo-Christians, and our contemporary thinkers. Out of this book comes a clear definition of knowledge and insights into the strength and limitations of the mind.

381 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 1989

Reviews

[Alisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

George Kennan is my favorite person from the Cold War. This book had some interesting ideas, and definitely was usable for my history paper, but like most of these books it sided on the more extreme opinionated analysis.