Selected African Holdings

Selected African Holdings

WGBH Educational Foundation

Selected items with African Origination


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WGBH Educational Foundation · 1987

For nearly half a century, Paul Nitze was one of the chief architects of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union, and a prominent member of the Committee on the Present …


WGBH Educational Foundation · 1987

Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States, from 1977 to 1981. In the interview Carter conducted for War and Peace in the Nuclear Age, he relates his …


WGBH Educational Foundation · 1987

Agha Shahi was Pakistani Ambassador to the United Nations from 1967-1972, then Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1973-1982 (with a short break in between). In …


WGBH Educational Foundation · 1986

Zbigniew Brzezinski, a Polish-American political scientist and geostrategist, was national security adviser to U.S. president Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. In the interview he conducted for War and Peace …


WGBH Educational Foundation · 1986

General Pierre-Marie Gallois, often regarded as the “father” of the French nuclear strategy, served with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and with French president Charles de Gaulle. In …


WGBH Educational Foundation · 1986

Francois de Rose was France's Ambassador to NATO from 1970-1975. He discusses the influences on the French government leading to pursuit of the bomb. These centered around the notion of …


WGBH Educational Foundation · 1986

George Bunn was General Counsel to the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1961-1969, and played a key role as a negotiator of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). For …


WGBH Educational Foundation · 1986

David Aaron was the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1977 to 1981. In the interview he discusses the Carter Administration’s attempts to develop a strategic …


WGBH Educational Foundation · 1986 English

Meg Vaillancourt reports that Robert Mugabe (Prime Minister of Zimbabwe) was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of Mugabe receiving his …