Advocates; Should We Develop Highly Accurate Missiles and Emphasize Military Targets Rather Than Cities?

02/14/1974

Moderator: Evan Semerjian Advocate: Robert Ellsworth Advocate: Barry Carter Witnesses: Henry Rowen - President Rand Corporation, 1967-1972 Geoffrey Kemp - Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Herbert Scoville - Former Deputy Director, CIA Morton Halperin - Deputy Asst. Secretary, Defense Dept. 1966-1969 Produced by WGBH at Faneuil Hall.

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Series: Advocates
Program: Should We Develop Highly Accurate Missiles and Emphasize Military Targets Rather Than Cities?
Program Number: 415
Series Description: A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969
Duration: 00:58:46
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States.; Carter, Barry E.; Nuclear weapons; Targeting (Nuclear strategy); Rowen, Henry S.; Soviet Union; Scoville, Herbert; Kemp, Geoffrey; Ellsworth, Robert F.; United States; Intercontinental ballistic missiles; Halperin, Morton H.; Deterrence (Strategy); Semerjian, Evan
Locations: Boston, MA
Genres: Debate
Topics: Social Issues; Public Affairs
Contributors: Rowen, Henry S. (Guest); Semerjian, Evan (Moderator); Halperin, Morton H. (Guest); Scoville, Herbert (Guest); Kemp, Geoffrey (Guest); Carter, Barry E. (Guest); Ellsworth, Robert F. (Guest)
Publication Information: Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
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