On Saturday, February 20, 1971, a civilian teletyp... ...tions across the U.S. I've told stories about the Cold War and how seriously everyone took the Emergency Bro... ...tem (EBS). Activation of the system meant nuclear war to almost everyone who heard it.Station managers,...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/20/The-Great-EBS-Scare-of-1971/
This article is republished from the book Uncle Jo... ...as been a tense place since the end of the Korean War in the 1950s. It's been the site of periodic flar... ...orea was a valuable strategic target. After World War II, the Japanese Empire fell apart, and the count... ...ons again. But a new conflict was...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/04/Cold-War-Tales-Operation-Paul-Bunyan/
Commentary on Esther the Cold War Kittyby Alice Shirrell Kaswell, AIR staff The boo... ...e Shirrell Kaswell, AIR staff The book Esther the Cold War Kitty is legendary. Written at the height of the... ...Kitty is legendary. Written at the height of the Cold War , it was in...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/14/Esther-the-Cold-War-Kitty/
During the Berlin Airlift, one pilot's sweet tooth helped defeat Communism.In 1948, the Soviet beast was hungry. Three years into the postwar occupation of Germany, the USSR had tired of sharing Berlin, so it blockaded g...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/28/The-Candy-Bomber-2/