Offers Ambassador Paul H. Nitze's reflections on the issues he has faced, the decisions he has made, the people he has known and the presidents he has served in his almost fifty years inside the top echelons of Washington policy circles. Discusses the major events of his illustrious career: the formation of the Marshall Plan, the Korean War, the Berlin Wall crisis, NATO, Vietnam, the Committee on the Present Danger, the SALT treaties, and the ongoing weapons negotiations. Includes an Index.

(Key Words: Paul H. Nitze, Ann M. Smith, Steven L. Rearden, Marshall Plan, Korean War, Berlin Wall, NATO, Vietnam War, Committee on the Present Danger, the SALT Treaty, Weapons Negotiation, World War II, World War I, Caspar W. Weinberger, Harry S. Truman, United States State Department, Soviet Union, Salt II, Salt I, Ronald Reagan, Pershing II Missiles, Richard M. Nixon, Mohammad Mossadegh, George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, H-bombs, Mikhail Gorbachev, Dwight David Eisenhower, France, Defense Department, Central Intelligence Agency, William P. Bundt, ACDA, Dean Achesonon).