Nitze

General Douglas MacArthur wanted Truman to use nukes against the Chinese pouring over the border and almost driving the American army into the sea, but Truman and his advisers, including Nitze, decided against it, at least in part because they thought it would be morally wrong.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

We happened to be riding up in the same Senate elevator as Nitze was going to testify against his former friend and colleague Paul Warnke, who had been nominated by Jimmy Carter to be our nuclear arms negotiator but was regarded by nuclear hawks as too dovish.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

We happened to be riding up in the same Senate elevator as Nitze was going to testify against his former friend and colleague Paul Warnke, who had been nominated by Jimmy Carter to be our nuclear arms negotiator but was regarded by nuclear hawks as too dovish.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

I have a memorable image of Nitze, no shrinking violet when it came to the use of force.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

She finds the origins of the taboo developing early on, citing for instance Paul Nitze, who would later become one of the foremost nuclear hawks of the late Cold War period, declaring during our nuclear monopoly period that “initiating a nuclear first strike went against our culture and our self-image as a nation.”

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Mr. Cohen, who teaches in the Paul Nitze School at Johns Hopkins University, will be familiar to many as the author of the seminal and superb "Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen and Leadership in Wartime" 2002, among other important works.

The Great Warpath Andrew Roberts 2011

Eighteen former U.S. ambassadors and State Department officials, including Matlock and Paul Nitze, thought this arrangement would have achieved the best of both worlds.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Eighteen former U.S. ambassadors and State Department officials, including Matlock and Paul Nitze, thought this arrangement would have achieved the best of both worlds.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

When Dean Acheson became secretary of state in 1949, he turned the Policy Planning Office over to Paul Nitze, who produced crisp recommendations instead of prophetic visions.

Uncontainable Alonzo L. Hamby 2011

And yet even Nitze knew there was a taboo against first use as far back as the late 1940s.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011