Abstract
Panel discussion on George Kennan's contributions to scholarship. Opening statement by Engerman:
"I will start with two apologies. First, I apologize in advance because although there were a number of comments in the previous discussion about Kennan’s very interesting role as a public intellectual on philosophical matters and on matters of contemporary foreign policy, I am afraid these important details will somewhat fall between the cracks, as Allen Lynch and I see it, in our discussion. The second apology is that we are not here to discuss the most compelling and controversial aspects of Kennan’s career. We are here to talk about his career as a scholar and as a historian— poor cousins, perhaps, at an event like this."