"My Journey at the Nuclear Brink" by William Perry (2015).
Video Title: William Perry (Clip 2: Dangers of Nuclear Threats Today). Source: Commonwealth Club. Date Published: January 15, 2016. Description:
William Perry, Ph.D., U.S. Secretary of Defense 1994-97;Senior Fellow, Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute and Hoover Institution; Author, My Journey at the Nuclear Brink"The danger of a nuclear catastrophe today is greater than it was during the Cold War. Let me repeat that. I feel very strongly on this point. The danger of a nuclear war today is greater than it was during the Cold War. And our policies are simply not compatible with those dangers. I believe this is because our public is blissfully unaware of the dangers. And so I am dedicating my efforts to the task of educating the public on this issue so that we can have a better chance at making intelligent decisions about it." - Former Secretary of Defense William Perry.
Gloria Duffy, Ph.D., President and CEO, The Commonwealth Club; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Clinton Administration—Moderator
Part of The Club's Good Lit Series underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation.
Here’s a chance to meet a remarkable statesman whose career has spanned academia, industry, entrepreneurship, government and diplomacy. Dr. Perry has dealt first-hand with the changing nuclear threat and worked to mitigate it. He was one of the Silicon Valley’s early entrepreneurs, founding a company that pioneered digital technologies in the race to understand the Soviet nuclear missile arsenal. His expertise led to advising the government on national security, including an urgent summons in October 1962 asking him to serve on the secret team analyzing U-2 photos exposing the Soviet installation of nuclear armed missiles in Cuba.
