Zhukov’s prescient words on nuclear weapons in 1955

On February 7, 1955 Georgy Zhukov was appointed the USSR’s minister of defence.

In a lengthy interview he gave that day to a group of  American journalists he said:

"The very existence of nuclear weapons harbours the possibility of their employment, and certain madmen might go to the length of using them in spite of everything.

"It is our duty to do our utmost to have these weapons banned ..... It should be remembered that atomic weapons are double-edged. Atomic war is just as dangerous to the attacker as to the attacked.”

Wise words indeed. Are these ‘madmen’ in positions of power today?