{"product_id":"norman-cousins-9781421443706","title":"Norman Cousins","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the editor of the Saturday Review for more than thirty years, Norman Cousins had a powerful platform from which to help shape American public debate during the height of the Cold War. Under Cousins's leadership, the magazine was considered one of the most influential in the literary world. Cousins's progressive, nonpartisan editorials in the Review earned him the respect of the public and US government officials. But his deep impact on postwar international humanitarian aid, anti-nuclear advocacy, and Cold War diplomacy has been largely unexplored. In this book, Allen Pietrobon presents the first true biography of Norman Cousins. Cousins was much more important than we realize: he was involved in several secret citizen diplomacy missions during the height of the Cold War and, acting as a private citizen, played a major role in getting the Limited Test Ban Treaty signed. He also wrote JFK's famous 1963 American University commencement speech (not merely peace in our time but peace fo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis eye-opening biography is a primer for the lost art of gentle statecraft.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman Cousins: Peacemaker in the Atomic Age\u003c\/i\u003e will not only be of keen interest to readers seeking to know more about Cousins's career, or those looking for additional insight and perspective into some of the most important moments of the Cold War, but it may also spark important conversations about processes of social and political change today.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDiplomatic History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a sympathetic biographer, Pietrobon does a good job of describing how Cousins's combination of deep moral convictions and political pragmatism managed to make such an impact.\u003cbr\u003e—Lawrence Freedman, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAllen Pietrobon's \u003ci\u003eNorman Cousins: Peacemaker in the Atomic Age\u003c\/i\u003e casts new and important light on one of the most significant movers and shakers in the modern American peace movement. It is an important addition to historical understanding of peace activism and its intersection with public policy during the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePeace and Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman Cousins: Peacemaker in the Atomic Age\u003c\/i\u003e by scholar Allen Pietrobon confirms the immensity of his humanitarian spirit and influence as a self-appointed secular anti-nuclear prophet\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Forward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Educator for an Atomic Age\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Formation of a Vision\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. World War II\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. An Anti-Nuclear Crusade\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. 1946: A New Year in the Atomic Age\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Witness to a Catastrophe\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. An Educational Field Trip to Germany\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. From Editor's Desk to World Stage\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. In Search of Peace, Cousins Rallies for War\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Candidate of the Intellectuals: Adlai Stevenson, 1952\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. From Advocate to Diplomat\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Eisenhower's New Look\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. A New Project\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. The Hiroshima Maidens\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. The Anti-Nuclear Agenda\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. 1956: The Anti-Nuclear Election Campaign\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. SANE and the Anti-Testing Campaign\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. The Ravensbrück Lapins and the Communist Connection \u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. A Cultural Exchange of His Own\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. The Dawn of the Kennedy Administration\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. Flashpoints: Berlin and the Congo\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. Cousins, the Vatican, and the Cuban Missile Crisis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23. The Crisis Abates but Contacts Continue\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24. The Breakthrough to the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25. A Sojourn with Khrushchev\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26. The Fight to Ratify\u003cbr\u003eChapter 27. 1964: Near Death and Rebirth\u003cbr\u003eChapter 28. Crusade against Dirty Air\u003cbr\u003eChapter 29. Days of Apprehension and Confusion\u003cbr\u003eChapter 30. The \"Humphrey Mission\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter 31. The Scramble to Prevent a Bombing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 32. Campaigning against (and during) a War\u003cbr\u003eChapter 33. The Biafran War\u003cbr\u003eChapter 34. The Saturday Review's Final Crisis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 35. The Third Act\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408145785175,"sku":"9781421443706","price":26.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421443706.jpg?v=1730501754","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/norman-cousins-9781421443706","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}