Philip Taubman is affiliated with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. His newest book, McNamara At War: A New History (co-authored with his brother William Taubman), was published by W.W. Norton & Company on September 23rd, 2025. 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. At the Times, Taubman served as a Washington correspondent, Moscow bureau chief, deputy editorial page editor, Washington bureau chief and associate editor.
Books in order of publication:
Secret Empire Lib/E: 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 Stanford University Press, January 2023
McNamara at War: A New History W. W. Norton & Co, September 2025
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