HBO History Makers Series: A Conversation with William J. Perry

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

HBO History Makers

Watch William J. Perry, former U.S. secretary of defense, reflect on the challenges he faced in the post-Cold War era as part of the Council's HBO History Makers Series.

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