Before this , kennan was a promising young officer in the american foreign service ; after it , he joined the top ranks of american strategists .
而在那之前,乔治凯南不过是美国外交界里颇有前途的小青年,之后则位列顶级战略家之层。
Nitze 's world was wall street and the pentagon ; kennan 's was a private study or a university library .
尼采穿梭于华尔街和五角大楼,而凯南只去私人书屋或者是大学图书馆。
It was only in 2005 , when death finally claimed kennan at the age of 101 , that mr gaddis could begin thinking about publishing this long-awaited biography .
也就是在2005年,凯南辞世的消息公布了出来,享年101岁,盖斯才开始考虑出版这本期待已久的传记。
In fact , there is a perfectly sound realist justification for this strategic shift , and the clearest expression can be found in george f. kennan 's book american diplomacy .
In ways that this biography seems not entirely to appreciate , kennan 's far-sighted opposition to american over-militarisation makes his personal career history less gripping than his legacy .
To kennan 's distress , the review emphasised military means . It replaced his subtle , detached-sounding realism with evangelical fire and madison avenue prose .