The Foreign Service Journal, November 2009

N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 9 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 37 Honorable Survivor: Mao’s China, McCarthy’s America and the Persecution of John S. Service Lynne Joiner, Naval Institute Press, 2009, $37.95, hardcover, 450 pages. The life of John S. Service was one of many unfortunate firsts: the first analyst to predict the rise of Mao and the Chinese Communists, the first diplomat to be laid upon the altar of McCarthyism, the first FSO arrested on espionage charges and the first fired for disloyalty. In 10 years of exhaustive research and with the aid of newly released personal papers and classified docu- ments, journalist Lynne Joiner has reconstructed Ser- vice’s turbulent life. The result is a compelling tale of loyalty under fire, great courage and resilience and, ul- timately, redemption. Lynne Joiner is an award-winning broadcast journal- ist, news anchor and documentary filmmaker. Her work has included assignments for CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, NPR, Christian Science Monitor Radio, Newsweek and L.A. Times Magazine . The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War Nicholas Thompson, Henry Holt and Company, 2009, $27.50, hardcover, 403 pages. Like the United States and Russia during the Cold War era, Paul Nitze and George Kennan did not agree when it came to policy. Kennan, the “dove,” believed America must end its dependence on nuclear weapons, whereas his counterpart, the hawkish Nitze, advocated rearma- ment. Despite this, they maintained a lasting friendship throughout the Cold War and both played influential roles in policymaking. Their remarkable careers are certainly deserving of attention in their own right, but through the prism of Nitze and Kennan’s lives, author Nicholas Thompson also illuminates important aspects of Cold War history. Nicholas Thompson, a grandson of Paul Nitze, has written articles for The New York Times and Washington Post and is a regular contributor to CNN. He is also an editor at Wired magazine. Adlai Stevenson’s Lasting Legacy Edited by Alvin Liebling, with chapters by Ambassadors George Bunn, Harlan Cleveland and James Goodby, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, $24.95, paperback, 272 pages. This collection of essays is not so much a history as a nostalgic celebration of a man worth celebrating. Adlai Stevenson II played an influential role in the creation of the modern world. He was essential to the 1945 establishment of the United Nations and served as the U.S. permanent representative to the U.N. from 1961 to 1965. While serving as governor of Illinois, he mounted two presidential campaigns, in 1952 and 1956, and created the basis for modern nonproliferation struc- tures from 1963 to 1996. In this volume, Stevenson's colleagues and family members give insight into his po- sitions on various policy issues, focusing especially on political ethics, international cooperation and leadership, and nuclear nonproliferation. Editor Alvin Liebling, a retired administrative law judge, former Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency attorney and Northwestern Univer- sity lecturer, lives with his wife in Chicago. Ambassador George Bunn was the first general counsel for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and later served as ambassador to the Geneva Disarmament Con- ference. Ambassador Harlan Cleveland served as Pres- ident Lyndon Johnson’s envoy to NATO and, earlier, as assistant secretary of State for international organization affairs. Retired Senior Foreign Service officer James Goodby served as ambassador to Finland and vice chair- man of the U.S. delegation to the Strategic Arms Re- duction Talks. He is currently a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and a member of the Bipartisan Se- curity Group.