the bomb at 75: Dr. William Perry on His Years as Secretary of Defense and Coming-of-Age in the Nuclear Era

Dr. William Perry has been involved with American nuclear weapons for almost sixty years—first as a Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton, and now as a passionate opponent seeking their abolition. Having once spearheaded the development of new weaponry for the Pentagon, the current professor emeritus at Stanford University shares his unparalleled insights into nuclear history with Schlosser and Keshari. If Perry is worried about a nuclear apocalypse happening soon, then we should be too.