Joseph Luns; Led NATO in Cold War

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 18, 2002| Author: John Chalmers | Copyright information

-- Former NATO secretary-general Joseph Luns, the longest-serving head of the Western defense alliance and a towering figure during much of the Cold War, died July 16 at age 90.

A passionate adversary of Soviet communism but a diplomat par excellence, the lanky Dutchman was hailed as a "great European" and an outstanding figure in the history of the North Atlantic Alliance.

He "promoted a vision for the alliance which remains true even today," said George Robertson, the latest of...

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