Norman Cousins - Peacemaker in the Atomic Age

"The author has written the first scholarly biography of Norman Cousins, who, as the editor and owner of the Saturday Review for more than thirty years, had a powerful platform from which to help shape American public debate. A staunch opponent of nuclear weapons, Cousins was involved in several secret diplomatic missions at the height of the Cold War, and acting as a private citizen, he played a major role in getting the Limited Test Ban Treaty signed"--

About the author

Allen Pietrobon (SILVER SPRING, MD) is an assistant professor of global affairs at Trinity Washington University.

Product details

• Authors: Allen Pietrobon, Allen (Assistant Professor of Global Af Pietrobon, Allen (Assistant Professor of Global Affairs Pietrobon
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781421443706
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4370-6
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: Johns Hopkins Nuclear History and Contemporary Affairs; Johns Hopkins Nuclear History
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, Diplomacy, General and world history, Nuclear weapons, Biography: historical, political and military, The Cold War, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General