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Norman Cousins : peacemaker in the atomic age / Allen Pietrobon

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Pietrobon, Allen, 1984-
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Peacemaker in the atomic age
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Physical Description
vi, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Contents
Educator for an atomic age -- The formation of a vision -- World War II -- An anti-nuclear crusade -- 1946 : a new year in the atomic age -- Witness to a catastrophe -- An educational field trip to Germany -- From editor's desk to world stage -- In search of peace, Cousins rallies for war -- Candidate of the intellectuals : Adlai Stevenson, 1952 -- From advocate to diplomat -- Eisenhower's new look -- A new project -- The Hiroshima maidens -- The anti-nuclear agenda -- 1956 : the anti-nuclear election campaign -- SANE and the anti-testing campaign -- The Ravensbrück Lapins and the communist connection -- A cultural exchange of his own -- The dawn of the Kennedy administration -- Flashpoints : Berlin and the Congo -- Cousins, the Vatican, and the Cuban Missile Crisis -- The crisis abates but contacts continue -- The breakthrough to the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -- A sojourn with Khrushchev -- The fight to ratify -- 1964 : near death and rebirth -- Crusade against dirty air -- Days of apprehension and confusion -- The "Humphrey mission" -- The scramble to prevent a bombing -- Campaigning against (and during) a war -- The Biafran War -- The Saturday review's final crisis -- The third act.
Summary
"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"--
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ISBN
9781421443706 hardcover
1421443708 hardcover
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-416) and index.
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