Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0981; The Threat of Nuclear Destruction in the New World Order-new Voices-part Iii
- Episode Number
- S0981
- Producing Organization
- Southern Educational Communications Association
- South Carolina Educational Television Network
- Contributing Organization
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University (Stanford, California)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/514-513tt4gf13
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- Description
- Episode Description
- An extraordinarily rich trio of shows on various aspects of nuclear proliferation. Some samples: RS: "One of the principal exports of the United States over the last two generations has been perhaps the most dangerous and hazardous of all strategic materials.... We've been exporting tons of human minds, fully educated in the applied sciences and engineering, literally by the thousands." ... DF: "There's an analysis that a country will go through about whether it benefits itself to go nuclear. One could argue that there's a lot of physics involved but there's a lot of metaphysics involved also.... Many countries that for decades have had the capability and the materials and the engineering know-how have chosen not to go nuclear." ... HK: "We have a delicate problem because on the one hand we do not want to stigmatize the degree to which we are relying on nuclear weapons. On the other hand we clearly have an interest that nuclear weapons do not spread widely."... HS: "The question that you need to focus more on is: How much do you want to share what is essentially missile technology? Just saying 'defense' in front of it doesn't help-you can also use these things offensively."
- Series Description
- The television series Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. was a venue for debate and discussion on political, social, and philosophical issues with experts of the day. Firing Line broadcasts from 1966 through March 1971 were produced and syndicated by WOR-TV, a commercial station in New York, but some of them were also broadcast on noncommercial television stations. Starting in April 1971, Firing Line broadcasts were produced by the Southern Educational Communications Association, an arm of South Carolina Educational Television. Hoover Institution Library & Archives' Firing Line collection guide can be found at: https://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections/firing-line.
- Date
- 1993-08-16
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Talk Show
- Topics
- Public Affairs
- Subjects
- Nuclear arms control; Nuclear nonproliferation
- Rights
- Copyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Guest:
KISSINGER, HENRY
Guest: Feith, Douglas
Guest: Seitz, Russell
Guest: Sokolski, Henry
Host: Buckley, William F., Jr.
Producing Organization: Southern Educational Communications Association
Producing Organization: South Carolina Educational Television Network
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Stanford University
Identifier: 80040.124 (Hoover Institution)
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 0:30:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0981; The Threat of Nuclear Destruction in the New World Order-new Voices-part Iii,” 1993-08-16, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 21, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-513tt4gf13.
- MLA: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0981; The Threat of Nuclear Destruction in the New World Order-new Voices-part Iii.” 1993-08-16. Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 21, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-513tt4gf13>.
- APA: Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0981; The Threat of Nuclear Destruction in the New World Order-new Voices-part Iii. Boston, MA: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-513tt4gf13