Professor John Lewis Gaddis, Author: Kennan and the Cold War, in Scarsdale December 1

George F. Kennan, the author of the “X” Article, an architect of the Marshall Plan, and the principal originator of the policy of containment, was perhaps America’s most influential diplomat. John Lewis Gaddis, one of the leading scholars of the Cold War, with access to Kennan’s diaries and personal papers, discusses his new book, George F. Kennan: An American Life, as well as Kennan’s role as an architect--and subsequent doubter and critic--of American foreign policy in the 20th century. The talk will be held on Thursday December 1, 2011 in the Scott Room of the Scarsdale Library at 7:30 PM

Professor Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale, is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal and author of a number of works dealing with the Cold War, including The Cold War: A New History, and Strategies of Containment.

For further information go to www.yalewestchester.org or call Rich Fabbro at 914 391 3707. This event is sponsored by the Yale Westchester Alumni Association.

John Lewis Gaddis