So now, to go back and listen to what has happened to weapons from truman to trump is really remarkable. All from the midwest and college thinking he would be a literature major but watergate changed him to Political Science and then he went on to graduate school at mit and it was International Relations and nuclear strategy. Then he moved to washington with the house of representatives house policy advisor but you know government work, he decided that wasnt for him so then he left and wrote the widely acclaimed book of armageddon. And t then spent time at the boston globe because they were looking for experts inn defense he stayed there 20 years as bureau chief in moscow, bureau chief in new york city. And by the end of 2002 started writing stories and has written for previous books before tonight what i am really excited to have is our guest fred kaplan and his book the bomb. [applause] thanks for coming out. Just said my first book was 1983 about the small group of defense intellect
Topic was Nuclear Weapons and we all read it was a big deal at the time. And to Nuclear Weapons from truman to trump and then went to Overland College and watergate changed him and then went on to graduate school at mit with nuclear strategy. And the policy advisor for the house of representatives on the left and wrote he wrote his widely acclaimed book wizards of armageddon. Listed with the boston globe for 20 years and by the end of 24 2002 we started to write stories he wrote for previous books and im very excited to have fred kaplan in his book the bomb please join me to welcome him. [applause] the wizards of armageddon the end of Nuclear Deterrence i did they get right anymore about nuclear war the cold war was over and nobody thought much about Nuclear Weapons until a couple years ago. And so might not have thought of it at all. But on august 8th the President Trump said that if north korea keeps making threatening noises and launching the sole test like it has never seen before.
Walterpodrazik is a coauthor of this book, watching tv eight decades of american television. Mr. Walter podrazik, who went invented the t. V. To select if you want to look at the technical side was either mr. Baird in europe and or it could be or basically whomever took it to its next technical step. The important thing about when youre talking about t. V. Is. Is it the mechanical means of conveying information or is it the thing that is used, the content on the t. V. Itself . I look at that question very often. I have come to define television as that which we see on the instrument which traditionally we have called television. Or, whatever concept is created that we view on any means whatsoever but it is still thought of as primarily video, primarily television communication. So we are still in the midst of inventing Television Even as we speak. Who began the discovery of the instrument on which we watch television . There are two forms of television. The original experiment where co
Ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. The sour rushes president Vladimir Putin has signed into law, the annexation of 4 ukrainian regions a week after separatists. Referendums, their cave and its allies called a sham. But the kremlin now controls less of those regions. Than it did when the boats were held will yonah, yet the Ukrainian Army is carrying out a pretty fast and powerful advance in the south of our country as part of the current defense of operation. Thus dozens of settlements have already been liberated from the russian sham referendum. This week alone is in the course on reaching the car. Keep region 2 hands and dont ask. Reasons altogether says that our warriors do not stallnicker, and its only a matter of time before we oust the occupier from our land. The us south korea and japan are continuing to carry out military drills in response to north koreas miss our launch on tuesday. The u. S. Navies, flagship Aircraft Carrier headed to the e. C. The training
The nation president , orders this said you will, you will football matches after a stem pay kills more than 174. 00 people. Ah, hello, im emily angry. This is al jazeera, alive from jo, also coming up ukraine retakes, the case supply hub of layman from russia in key. Biggest gang since its counter offensive last month. Voting underway in ethnically divided bosnia herzegovina, in whats been called the most important elections in the 990 mall and the us in venezuela range of prisoners for deal. 7 americans released in exchange for true men convicted for drug trafficking. Ah, welcome to the program. We begin in indonesia where at least 174 people have been killed in a stan paid following a contentious football match. It happened in the city of milan after a match between home team a ream of f c. And their rivals sewer via the chaos began after supporters from the losing side invaded the pitch. Police responded by firing t gas, which caused the crowd to flee to the exit. President joker w