Research Question: Analyze the impact that Truman’s cabinet members and advisors had on Truman’s policies during the Cold War.
Gaddis, John Lewis. George F. Kennan: An American Life. New York: Penguin, 2011. Print. The book George F. Kennan: An American Life is a biographical novel that details the life of George F. Kennan written by John Lewis Gaddis, a professor at Yale University who has been nicknamed by The New York Times as the “Dean of Cold War Historians”. Penguin Group published this book on November 20, 2011. This book is the official biography of George F. Kennan, winning a Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2012. The purpose of this secondary source is to give a detailed account of the life of George Kennan. The book is valuable to historians as a comprehensive source of information on the life of George Kennan. Also, this source is extremely valuable to historians specifically researching the impact of Truman’s advisors on Truman policy because the book comprehensively talks about one of Truman’s advisors, Kennan, including his most important works, the long telegram and the Mr. X article. In addition, most of the sources used for the content in this book came directly from primary sources like interviews with George F. Kennan and documents Kennan gave specifically to the author for the biography. The main limitation …show more content…
This source is valuable because not only does it discuss the origins of the Truman Doctrine by discussing its context, it also describes the different presidential cabinet and advisors, such as Dean Acheson and George Kennan’s impacts on formation of the Truman Doctrine. The major limitation to this source, however, is that none of the sources are footnoted or even stated, therefore although the source is credible because the author is well versed in history, the trail of sources for further study is not present, hindering historians trying to use this
Gaddis, John Lewis. George F. Kennan: An American Life. New York: Penguin, 2011. Print. The book George F. Kennan: An American Life is a biographical novel that details the life of George F. Kennan written by John Lewis Gaddis, a professor at Yale University who has been nicknamed by The New York Times as the “Dean of Cold War Historians”. Penguin Group published this book on November 20, 2011. This book is the official biography of George F. Kennan, winning a Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2012. The purpose of this secondary source is to give a detailed account of the life of George Kennan. The book is valuable to historians as a comprehensive source of information on the life of George Kennan. Also, this source is extremely valuable to historians specifically researching the impact of Truman’s advisors on Truman policy because the book comprehensively talks about one of Truman’s advisors, Kennan, including his most important works, the long telegram and the Mr. X article. In addition, most of the sources used for the content in this book came directly from primary sources like interviews with George F. Kennan and documents Kennan gave specifically to the author for the biography. The main limitation …show more content…
This source is valuable because not only does it discuss the origins of the Truman Doctrine by discussing its context, it also describes the different presidential cabinet and advisors, such as Dean Acheson and George Kennan’s impacts on formation of the Truman Doctrine. The major limitation to this source, however, is that none of the sources are footnoted or even stated, therefore although the source is credible because the author is well versed in history, the trail of sources for further study is not present, hindering historians trying to use this