(Updated below)
One of my all-time favorite authors, Richard Rhodes, is one half of the latest diavlog over on BloggingHeads.tv. He's got a new book out, Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race. If it's even half as good as his last two on the topic of nuclear arms (The Making of the Atomic Bomb and Dark Sun), it'll be great.
Rhodes is talking with Joseph Cirincione, who has a new nuke book of his own out. I don't know Cirincione, but he sounds smart, and Rhodes praised his book.
The discussion mostly focuses on the "threat inflation" that characterized the Cold War. You'll be amazed at the parallels and actual connections with the current War on TerrorTM.
It's about an hour long. You can watch it as a stream, or download the video or audio-only files for later use. Highly recommended.
Update
2007-12-14 20:39
In a similar vein, you might also enjoy this (audio) interview of Bob Drogin by Moira Gunn. Drogin has a new book out about Curveball, the dubious sole source that the Bush Administration used to make its case for invading Iraq.
2 comments:
The Rhodes/Circinioni interview is interesting. Gorbachev is generally disliked in Russia these days and Putin wants to go back to the cold war. Pearl and the neocons want to go back to the cold war again too. Huckabee and Giuliani apparently do also and I'm not so sure about Mitt. Do you see Hillary as a diplomatic peacemaker? I see her as a tough broad who would be at home in a cold war rather than a Jimmy Carter type of peace candidate. Thanks for the link. Interesting.
Thanks Brendan! I was going to pass on that interview but your recommend sends me right back there!
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