Elaine Scarry joins us to discuss her writing at the Boston Review, “The Extortionist Doctrine : On the persistence of U.S. nuclear deterrence policy.’” "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follow the interview.

Check out Elaine’s article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-extortionists-doctrine/

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