Brilliant, revealing biography of two important Americans during the Cold War, by the grandson of one of them. Paul Nitze was a political insider and proponent of the arms race. George Kennan was a diplomat/academic who thought we should let the U.S.S.R. collapse from within. Despite their views, the men were good friends. An American Library Association Notable Book. "Prichard, one of the best nonfiction audio narrators, lifts the prose from the page to reality with his ability to enrich it with nuance and fluidity."—AudioFile