[laughter] >> but george kennan for sure he wrote a very insightful i don't even remember if it was a column or what, he understood the complexity which comes through clearly in the book, but what he really appreciated like richard himself, george kennan was very much a historian and he went on from his diplomatic career to write the pulitzer prize-winning histories. george kennan was a writer, and he accomplished much more from the newly created mittal brank position in the state department of the director of policy planning than he left a bigger and longer legacy than many secretaries of state said he identified with him for sure. >> in addition to george cannon, dean acheson was a particular icon of his. april here man who was his first mentor who really ploch to this officer and took him to paris with him for the vietnam peace negotiations richard always called him the governor and considered him a great role model because in his seventies, herron and took a job as a assistant secretary of state because he wanted to search and he didn't give a damn whether he had the coroner offic

for terms of treatment greece athens for more on the story i'm joined by writer and consultant george kennan from washington so it's expected that the second bailout for greece would be released after the meeting of euro zone finance ministers wednesday now the european commission says it won't guarantee why do you think there is so much uncertainty with this second cash injection. well the european leaders want to really increase the pressure on greek politicians to follow through on their promises and the european leaders want to pay off their own creditors before letting the greeks spend money on themselves but that what the problem really goes beyond this particular set of negotiations what the europeans are demanding of greece is something that northern european countries would never accept for themselves they provide social benefits and all kinds of programs that allow them to live normal happy lives and they're trying to deny the greeks all that knowing that the greeks in the long run are not going to be able to pay back these debts so you have to step back a little bit and ask the qu

george kennan, whose biography by john lewis gaddis is on sale just to the right as you come in. aughter] unit are you employed by this establishment, strobe? >> but george tenet for sure, he had come he wrote a very, very insightful to add a member if it was a con or what, peace about jenin. he understood the complexity which comes through clearly in the book. but what he really appreciated, first of all like richard himself, kennan was very much a history but you all know that kennan went on to write a pulitzer prize-winning histories. kennan was a writer, and he accomplished much more from a newly created middle rank position in the state department, that a director of policy and planning than many, he left a bigger and longer legacy than many secretaries of state. so he identified with kennan for short. >> in addition to kennan, dean acheson was a particular icon of his. april herriman who was his first mentor who really plugged this 25 year-old foreign service service officer and took him to paris with him for the vietnam peace negotiations, richard always called him the gove