NSC-68: A REPORT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, Naval War College Review, Vol. 27, No. 6 (May-June 1975), pp. 51-108. Skip to main content. Get support Help logging in Contact us. Log in. Register.

After coordinating the writing of NSC-68, Nitze drafted the pivotal Gaither Report (1957), which warned of the catastrophic consequences of a Soviet nuclear attack on the U.S. homeland.

Nitze’s NSC-68 reflected the fearful era of the early Cold War, including the hot Korean conflict, threats to Berlin and Europe, and the new nuclear rivalry. Nitze had visited Hiroshima in 1945 ...