Acheson approved the idea, and the study became NSC-68—a foundational text of the Cold War arguing for a major buildup of America’s nuclear arsenal. Its lead author, Paul Nitze—the staffer ...

$32.95. Nitze may be best known for guiding the preparation in 1950 of NSC-68, allegedly America’s strategic plan for prevailing in the Cold War. By the time the U.S. government declassified NSC ...