The new abolitionists: Henry Kissenger, George Schultz, Bill Perry, Sam Nunn, and Sidney Drell

thebulletin.org by Hugh Gusteraon | Mar. 30, 2012 (Special Report)

Philip Taubman's new book, The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb, recounts the story of five front-rank Cold Warriors who have become nuclear abolitionists in their old age. They are: Henry Kissinger, President Richard Nixon's national security adviser and secretary of state, 85; George Schultz, President Ronald Reagan's secretary of state, 88; Bill Perry, President Bill Clinton's secretary of defense, 82; Sam Nunn, former ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by J Sinclaire - Mar 30, 2012 - 11:42 AM PDT
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 by Sirajul Islam - Mar. 31, 2012

It's a good book review/or reaction of Philip Taubman's book 'The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb' by Hugh Gusterson, and it's a nice read. It's really a good statement by Huge: Robert McNamara and McGeorge Bundy before them -- Kissinger, Schultz, Perry, Nunn, and Drell turned against nuclear weapons in retirement, in their winter years, away from the breakneck pressure of government service, and in the midst of final reflections on lifetime achievements and mistakes.

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