War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Paul Nitze, 1987 [2]

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Title:
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Paul Nitze, 1987 [2]
Description:
For nearly half a century, Paul Nitze was one of the chief architects of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union, and a prominent member of the Committee on the Present Danger. In the interview he begins with his views that the Soviet Union has a grand design of expansion to spread communism. He also describes the evolution of Soviet and American nuclear strategy, often in response to each other. He discusses Paul Warnke's nomination as chief negotiator at SALT II. He also expresses his views on the arms control agreements between the Soviet Union and the United States.
Author:
Nitze, Paul H.
Date:
February 12, 1987
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
Series:
WGBH > War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
Subjects:
Global Affairs
Military Forces and Armaments
Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983
Vance, Cyrus R. (Cyrus Roberts), 1917-2002
United States
Yemen
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States. Congress
Committee on the Present Danger (U.S.)
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II
Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968)
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
Soviet Union
Cuba
Middle East
Horn of Africa
Ethiopia
Angola
Soviet Union. Treaties, etc. United States, 1972 May 26 (ABM)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Deterrence (Strategy)
Intercontinental ballistic missiles
Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich, 1870-1924
Korean War, 1950-1953
Warnke, Paul C., 1920-2001
Brown, Harold, 1927-
International Relations
MX (Weapons system)
Nuclear arms control
Nuclear Disarmament
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Nuclear weapons
Intercontinental ballistic missiles--Mobile basing
Nuclear survivability
Submarine-launched ballistic missiles
Communism
Shulman, Marshall Darrow
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
Somalia
Extent:
00:30:42
Link to Item:
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-zg6g15ts2f
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation