https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/11/13/credit-where-credit-is-due/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:05:06 -0400<![CDATA[Regular readers of this column know that I am not a paid-up member of the New York Times Book Review fan club. Quite the contrary. But, every now and then, that once-mighty organ manages to hit one out of the park, and &#8220;The Age of Kennan,&#8221; the long, exquisitely thoughtful review of John Gaddis&#8217;s new biography of George Kennan by Henry Kissinger is a case in point. Secretary Kissinger&#8217;s essay is more more than a review, it is a masterpiece of intellectual and historical compression, illuminating in a few thousand words, the complex and sometimes contradictory edifice that was George Kennan&#8217;s strategic thought.]]>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:04:18 -0500<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2011/11/13/credit-where-credit-is-due-n116682