Who is the author of " Continuing Debate and New Approaches in Cold War History , "
He is the author of three books : " A World of Trouble : The White House and the Middle East from the Cold War to the War on Terror " , "" , a history of U.S. - China relations since the 1972 opening by President Richard Nixon , and " Running Critical - The Silent War , Rickover and General Dynamics " , a history of the U.S. nuclear submarine program under Admiral Hyman G. Rickover .