How to find that exact apex of U.S. culture? Let’s go a little farther out, bracketing it with two extreme points, one at the end of World War II and the other squarely in the funky late 1960s. Somewhere between these extremes lies the exact tipping point. 1967: Victims Rejoice The headline stating “Charlie Brown… Continue reading Faux Sixties Humility: Charlie Brown vs. Gen. Montgomery
Month: December 2009
Kahn, Khan, and Thermonuclear War
This is more about words than it is about nuclear war. But it’s trivia that has been lodged in my brain for years. Herman Kahn Herman Kahn was a well-known military strategist who published On Thermonuclear War in 1960. Kahn, considered a major spear-rattler in the Cold War, was parodied by Walter Matteau in Fail-Safe.… Continue reading Kahn, Khan, and Thermonuclear War