John Lewis Gaddis
Cold War historian and professor
American historian at Yale University who studies the Cold War and grand strategy. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of diplomat George F. Kennan.
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American Born 1941 in Cotulla, United States
About John Lewis Gaddis
John Lewis Gaddis was born on April 2, 1941, in Cotulla, Texas. He is an American historian and political scientist who teaches at Yale University, where he holds the Robert A. Lovett chair in military and naval history. His work centers on the Cold War and grand strategy. He has written The Cold War: A New History and On Grand Strategy. Gaddis is the official biographer of the American diplomat and historian George F. Kennan. His book George F. Kennan: An American Life appeared in 2011 and earned the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in the biography category.