Description
Norman Cousins is probably best remembered as the long-time editor of the influential American weekly magazine Saturday Review. But Cousins was also engaged in secret missions behind the Iron Curtain to conduct high-stakes negotiations directly with the Soviet leadership. In the shadow of the nuclear arms race, Cousins worked tirelessly to slow proliferation and improve relations with the Soviet Union. Take a fascinating look at the enormous impact one individual had on the course of American public debate, international humanitarianism, and Cold War diplomacy in the decades after World War Two.
