Sep 22, 2026 · 6 min · 6 segments
The nuclear age began in secrecy and scientific ambition. The story is familiar, but its implications have never left us. Face-Off: Nuclear Anarchy is an 8-part series tracing the arc of nuclear…
Jane PerlezHostI titled this series Nuclear Anarchy because we are now living in an extremely dangerous time.
century...
We now know that the Soviet Union has decided to transform Cuba into a base for putting all of the Americans under the nuclear
gun.
Continued unrestricted testing by the nuclear powers will increasingly contaminate the air that all of us must breathe.
Even with the Cold War now over, the spread of nuclear weapons or the theft of nuclear material could lead to the extermination of any city on the planet.
In this series, we take you behind the scenes to key moments of the nuclear story to help shed light upon the present.
We'll look at how close we came to nuclear war in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Kennedy asks him outright, does this mean, General, that we're going to have nuclear war if we take out the sites?
We'll hear from an American nuclear negotiator on what it's like to negotiate with the Russians.
One of the main games they play is called slow rolling, where they just draw out the negotiations.
And we'll learn about how and why China has rapidly been building up its nuclear arsenal.
I titled this series Nuclear Anarchy because we are now living in an extremely dangerous time.
century...
We now know that the Soviet Union has decided to transform Cuba into a base for putting all of the Americans under the nuclear
gun.
Continued unrestricted testing by the nuclear powers will increasingly contaminate the air that all of us must breathe.
Even with the Cold War now over, the spread of nuclear weapons or the theft of nuclear material could lead to the extermination of any city on the planet.
In this series, we take you behind the scenes to key moments of the nuclear story to help shed light upon the present.
We'll look at how close we came to nuclear war in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Kennedy asks him outright, does this mean, General, that we're going to have nuclear war if we take out the sites?
We'll hear from an American nuclear negotiator on what it's like to negotiate with the Russians.
One of the main games they play is called slow rolling, where they just draw out the negotiations.
And we'll learn about how and why China has rapidly been building up its nuclear arsenal.
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