Armistice Day the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month … when major combat ceased on the western front (fighting continued on other fronts). Armistice Day was officially amended in the USA to Veteran’s Day in 1954 to honor all those who had served. To those of you, especially my Dad, that […]
From Awaiting Armageddon: U.S. paralysis on civil defense could be credited to an inability to face the prospect of nuclear war or simply to a sense of futility. … Intellectually, Americans knew the hazards of nuclear war, but America was not ready [during the Cuban Missile Crisis] … The United States simply had refused to accept […]