Philip Taubman

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Philip Taubman

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Biography

Philip Taubman is affiliated with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Before joining CISAC in 2008, Mr. Taubman worked at the New York Times as a reporter and editor for nearly 30 years, specializing in national security issues, including United States diplomacy, and intelligence and defense policy and operations. He served as Moscow bureau chief and Washington bureau chief, among other posts. He is author of Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage (2003), The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb (2012),  In the Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz (2023), as well as co-author (with his brother, William Taubman) of McNamara at War: A New History (2025).

publications

Books
September 2025

McNamara At War: A New History

Author(s)
McNamara At War: A New History
Books
January 2023

In The Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz

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In The Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz
Commentary
January 2012

Examining Iranian And North Korean Nuclear Threats

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Examining Iranian And North Korean Nuclear Threats

In The News

Robert McNamara
Q&As

Examining Robert McNamara’s double life

In his new book, alum and CISAC affiliate Philip Taubman explores the paradoxes of the Pentagon chief who drove U.S. escalation in Vietnam while wrestling with private doubts.
Examining Robert McNamara’s double life