and the 2001 nbcc award of the biography goes to john lewis gaddis george f. nan, an american life. [applause] and i will read the citation from marianna who couldn't be with us tonight. georgette kennan and american life by john lewis gaddis is the story of an american diplomat, who turns it inspired, exasperated and appalled never held high office indicated the necessary insincerities of the diplomatic trade triet gaddis, a distinguished historian, began work on the biography in 1982. his task and it is 30 years later after his death after 101-years-old. a long biography to read a long life. he built a portrait of the man was the instincts of a master manipulator and a temperament and also to for the service. his containment doctrine governed american foreign policy for half a century, arguably prevented will was read and both predicted and set the stage for the crumbling of the soviet empire. he ably adopt his achievement pushing the world back from the brink of annihilation and gives us a full blooded portrait of a gifted charismatic and complicated man. jo

this week's book of the week is "john lewis gaddis's biography of george kennan.most influential american diplomat of the cold war. the historian had unprecedented access to kennan. it shows this is a book rich in detail and rich in insight about a fascinating but troubled man. just a great biography. now for the last look. it's not all missiles and miss chief in pyongyang these years. despite the -- the north koreans have had time for fun. earlier this month they threw a food festival replete with sturjon, soft-shelled crab, bull frog, and other "famous dishes." the sign says in english cook festival of holiday of april. not sure if this one is a pig or a fish, and is it blackened on purpose. canopies, anyone? what's this one? did they borrow bread from close jewish friends and put kiwis on top? this ridiculous display put on by a government in a nation where as many as 3 million people are at risk of starvation. and to make matters worse, north korea recently got cut off from american food aid. north korea, the land of unique tastes and dreadful policies. the co

and for biography: john lewis gaddis, for his book, "george f. kennan: an american life." very unusually, there was no winr in the fiction category. among the journalism awards: david wood of the huffington post won for national reporting. he chronicled the struggles of wounded war veterans when they return home. and the public service award went to a team at the "philadelphia inquirer" that investigated pervasive violence in the city's schools. we're joined by one of the members of that team of reporters kristen graham. kristen, first, congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> brown: set the scene for us a little bit. how did you and your colleagues first get on to this story? we decided to do the story after an incident at a philadelphia high school in december of 2009 when a group of asian immigrant students were severely beaten. it was a racially motivated beating. the school district response was very luke warm at first. advocates throughout the city were saying how could this happen? we decided we were going to devote resources into looking into a pervasive culture

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