EI Weekly Listen — The long peace and nuclear deterrence by Lawrence Freedman

May 27, 2022

For the past sixty years, the use of nuclear weapons has become unthinkable. But with every conflict there comes a point where the unthinkable becomes possible. Read by Leighton Pugh.

A conveyor line assembling US Army Nike Hercules Missiles, 1958. Credit: RBM Vintage Images / Alamy Stock Photo.
A conveyor line assembling US Army Nike Hercules Missiles, 1958. Credit: RBM Vintage Images / Alamy Stock Photo.

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