How a US defense secretary came to support the abolition of nuclear weapons - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Then-Defense Secretary William Perry (with Attorney General Janet Reno) in the White House press room in 1994. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images)

How a US defense secretary came to support the abolition of nuclear weapons

In this personal essay, Perry explains how his thinking about nuclear weapons has evolved since his service in the Army of Occupation of Japan immediately after World War II.