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War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Haves and Have-Nots; Carter's Speech to Newspaper Publishers Assoc.

Part of War and Peace in the Nuclear Age.

04/25/1979

President Carter's speech to the American Newspaper Publishers Association on SALT II.


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Series
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
Program
Haves and Have-Nots
Program Number

108

Title

Carter's Speech to Newspaper Publishers Assoc.

Series Description

The first atomic explosion in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, changed the world forever. This series chronicles these changes and the history of a new era. It traces the development of nuclear weapons, the evolution of nuclear strategy, and the politics of a world with the power to destroy itself.

In thirteen one-hour programs that combine historic footage and recent interviews with key American, Soviet, and European participants, the nuclear age unfolds: the origin and evolution of nuclear weapons; the people of the past who have shaped the events of the present; the ideas and issues that political leaders, scientists, and the public at large must confront, and the prospects for the future. Nuclear Age highlights the profound changes in contemporary thinking imposed by the advent of nuclear weapons. Series release date: 1/1989

Program Description

A case study of the dynamics of nuclear proliferation: China triggers India and India triggers Pakistan in the competition to have their own nuclear weapons.

In 1953 President Eisenhower announced the Atoms for Peace program. This marked a total reversal of American foreign policy. Americans would give material to allow countries to build reactors. “So overnight we passed from nuclear middle age to nuclear renaissance,” recalls French atomic scientist Bertrand Goldschmidt. The Soviet Union started its own program and helped China learn to build a bomb. The first Chinese nuclear blast was in 1964. Indian defense expert K. Subrahmanyam recalls that a nuclear China prompted India to set off a “peaceful” nuclear explosion in 1974. “There is no such thing as a peaceful nuclear explosion,” responds General A. I. Akram of the Armed Forces of Pakistan. “’74 was a watershed. It brought the shadow of the bomb to South Asia, and that shadow is still there.”

Duration

00:10:38

Asset Type

Stock footage

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II
Mass media
Locations
New York, NY
Genres
Documentary
Topics
War and Conflict
Science
Global Affairs
History
Contributors
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- (Speaker)
Rights Summary

In perpetuity ; Public Domain Rights Holder: Carter Presidential Library

Citation
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