The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump William J. Perry (former Secretary of Defense) Tom Z. Collina (Director of Policy at Ploughshares Fund)

Since the Truman administration, America has been one “push of a button” away from nuclear war—a decision that rests solely in the hands of the President. Without waiting for approval from Congress or even the Secretary of Defense, the President can unleash America’s entire nuclear arsenal.

For this virtual program, William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration and Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in the Carter administration, and Tom Z. Collina, the Director of Policy at Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation in Washington, DC, discuss the terrifying history of nuclear launch authority.

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