Wilfred John Newhouse (February 6, 1929 – December 10, 2016) was an American journalist and author. He was best known as the author of the book ''
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age'', published in 1989 as companion to a
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television series.
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Early life
Newhouse graduated from Duke University in 1950, after which he served two years in the United States Air Force
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. After his discharge, Newhouse took a job as a copy boy
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for the United Press
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wire service in New York. He lived in Paris
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in the 50s and 60s.
Career
Newhouse was an American journalist, an author of nine books and a civil servant whose work spanned over fifty years. He worked for Collier's magazine, a popular weekly in the 1950s; authored numerous books on diplomacy
Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. ...
, history, and later the airline industry
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. As Collier’s ceased publication in 1957, Newhouse worked in broadcast journalism with ABC News
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and was sent in 1958 to Beirut
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to cover the military operation of the U.S. Marines
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.SALT I
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, the strategic arms limitation talks that took place between 1969 and 1972 and resulted in the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) (1972–2002) was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against ballisti ...
, for his book ''Cold Dawn''.New Yorker
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where he wrote about diplomacy, arms control, and current affairs as well as profiles of prominent figures including Hussein
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, King of Jordan, and former U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson.United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the United States State Department
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. At this department, he was a negotiator of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II. After five years on the committee, the Ford Foundation offered Newhouse a grant to live, study and write in Paris about European issues.
Publications
Books
* ''US Troops in Europe: Issues, Costs and Choices''. (1972).
* ''Cold Dawn – The Story of Salt''. (1973). John Newhouse.
References
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1929 births
2016 deaths
American male non-fiction writers
American male journalists
ABC News personalities
People from East Orange, New Jersey
Duke University alumni