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First published 2024 by Cornell University Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wilson, James Graham, 1980– author.

Title: America’s cold warrior : Paul Nitze and national security from Roosevelt to Reagan / James Graham Wilson.

Other titles: Paul Nitze and national security from Roosevelt to Reagan

Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023044264 (print) | LCCN 2023044265 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501776076 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501776090 (epub) | ISBN 9781501776083 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Nitze, Paul H., 1907–2004. | National security—United States—History—20th century. | Cold War. | Nuclear weapons—Government policy—United States. | United States—Officials and employees—Biography. | United States—Military relations—Soviet Union. | Soviet Union—Military relations—United States. | United States—Foreign relations—1945–1989.

Classification: LCC E748.N49 W55 2024 (print) | LCC E748.N49 (ebook) | DDC 327.730092 [B]— dc23/eng/20231108

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023044264

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023044265

Cover photograph: Paul Nitze, 1964. Photograph by Robert Phillips, printed with permission of Ian Phillips.