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Remembering Brent Scowcroft’s Accomplishments on Arms Control

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August 18th, 2020 by Walter Pincus, | 0 Comments

OPINION – One way to remember Brent Scowcroft’s major contributions to U.S. national security and foreign policy is to read the oral history he recorded over two sessions back in August 2002.

The transcript was to be released after his death, so when he died on August 6, the Miller Center at the University of Virginia made it public.

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