do you want to tell me a little bit about bernard schriever? >> he was sick chisel when he came here from germany during world war i. his mother brought him here. too much before we declared war on germany. he grew up down in texas, got into the army air corps and was a protÉge of general arnold who was the founder of the u.s. air force during world war ii. then went to work on scientific -- brings science into the air force. he utilizes science and saw this weapon would guarantee the peace, because if we had it, we could deter the russians from doing anything that would trigger a nuclear war. and then we ended up with -- he ended up creating a nuclear stalemate. in other words, neither side could get a surprise attack on the other because they would destroy themselves in the same process. >> in the book you talk about the resistance that mr. schreiber and his team had putting this together can you talk about that resistant? >> this is a book not about hardware but about people. there were some tremendous resistance from curtis lemay, who was t

bernard schriever and the ultimate weapon. what is an icbm? >> and icbm as a rocket that with the hydrogen bomb in its warhead that is fired into space and travels through space at 16,000 miles an hour for 67,000 miles an hour and then it would come down. there's no way to stop it. >> they have never been used. the whole point, you and i would probably be not having this conversation if it wasn't for these people. they built this weapon not to have war with but this bernard schriever and the ultimate weapon would say this the first weapon humankind which is to deter war. >> i want to start with what and icbm was because i think it tells the story of bernard schieber in the scientist who helped create for goody wanted tell me a little bit about bernard schriever? >> he was six years old money came to germany when his mother brought him here. to months before we declared war in germany. he got into the army air corps and was a protege of hap arnold who was the founder of the u.s. air force in world war ii. then with the scientific, bringing scie

and bernard and company prevented that from happening. >> are there schrievers in the military right now? >> i would hope so. this man was with very famous within the air force and he became the father of the modern high-tech logical air force even though this is not a book that's about technology the it's about people. and when he died, there are ten four-star generals in the air force, nine of them marched behind his coffin. the chief of staff at the time said we're not going to bury him as a four-star general we're going to bury him as a chief of staff. it was quite a moving occasion. >> the author is neil sheehan the book is a fiery peace in a cold war. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> up next, george nash discusses the history and future of american conservativism. professor nash spoke at the heritage foundation in washington d.c. >> good afternoon, thank you for joining us here at the heritage foundation. i'm john, directer of lectures and seminars, and it's my privilege to welcome you to our louislerman auditorium. those who will be joining us on a future occasion through c