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Sept. 22, 2025

Book Review: America’s Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan

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Author: James Graham Wilson

| Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Wylie W. Johnson, US Army War College class of 2010
 
In America’s Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan written by James Graham Wilson and reviewed by Rev. Dr. Wylie W. Johnson, readers follow the life of Paul Nitze. As a businessman and government official, Nitze lived a life of service, holding positions as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, and Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department. He also helped craft America’s Cold War policy. “Nitze’s life is more than an interesting story,” the reviewer notes, “it suggests the way forward for aspiring senior leaders.”
 

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Keywords: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, national policy, Cold War, Hiroshima, nuclear weapons