stakes in two and a standard that she has been whether she can meet them. post column host: and susan glasser editor of foreign policy talking with jon lewis gaddis about his book, set to. as your day heard, kennan was a prize-winning scholar, historian spent three years writing his biography in the last three menses cause it in american life, as a judge will discuss today. we ll talk more about the 700 page book, one describes the prints out the weight from princeton on the eve of world war two show trials, devastation of posts were, and intrigues the dean acheson state state department cover the bitter politics of vietnam and the personal life of a respect it, but fair to say tormented intellectual. kennan is best remembered length with his name. he expressed that of course in a statement mr. x article in wired affairs back in 1947. but as gaddis spoke her mind does spoke her mind as he made other contributions for practical inventing the study of the soviet union inside
november 7, 18944. the program is in new york and it s 50 minutes. joining me now to start the session in which we meet jean edward smith, the newest biographyer of fdr, and we re delighted to have a new biography, a single volume biography that makes it accessible for everybody to have the story in one, not exactly small, but one very, very complete volume, and jean was telling me he thinks this is his 25th visit to the roosevelt library. it s a silver anniversary for him in ways, and that s fabulous to have him here on that kind of occasion. i ll read a brief introduction to the book, and then to him, and then turn it over to him. in this volume, he combines contemporary scholarship with primary source material to provide a narrative of one of america s greatest presidents. we see how roosevelt s restless energy, fierce intellect and ability to project grace permitted him to master countless challenges throughout his life including, of course, his battles with polio and p