Oral history interview with William James Perry : 1999
Abstract
Education: Stanford University, B.S., 1949, M.S., 1950, Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D., 1957; Secretary of Defense, 1994-97; army experience in Japan; work in defense electronics; involvement in Cold War missile defense strategy; creation of Cooperative Threat Reduction Program to combat danger of nuclear weapons proliferation; influence of foundation work on government policy; importance of proactive foundations; current work on American security policy regarding Russia and China, combining careers in government, academia, industry.
Cabinet officers--United States; Nuclear weapons--Government policy--United States; Nuclear disarmament; National security--United States; Perry, William James, 1927-; Carnegie Corporation of New York
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010.
Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit.
Interviewed by Sharon Zane on November 16, 1999.
Note (Copyright)
Copyright held by The Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2005.
Language
English
Library Location
Oral History Archives at Columbia, Columbia University