Tag: The Day After

• A Reminder of How Fast the World Can Change

  I grew up in the Cold War. I missed the height of hysteria of the 1950s and the many bomb drills and shelters which were common. I wasn’t around for the Cuba Missile Crisis, but I remember clearly the feeling that the United States was constantly staring down “the evil” Soviet empire. I remember the…

  sassevn

  December 5, 2013

  Current Events, History & Culture

  Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, capitalism, cold war, Communism, Reagan, The Day After, USSR