Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War.
George Kennan was a diplomat turned academic whose famous "X article" persuasively argued that we should contain the Soviet U.
Paul Nitze was a consummate insider who believed the best way to avoid a nuclear clash was to prepare to win one.
Yet they dined together, attended the weddings of each other\'s children, and remained lifelong friends.
The two men embodied opposing strategies for winning the conflict.
Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War