Readable In the middle of the twentieth century, fear and paranoia were ingrained into the subconscious of every American. The 1957 launch of the Sputnik satellite had Americans wary of Soviet attack from the skies. And the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 assured the world that Soviet Premier Khrushchev was serious in his threat when he said “We will bury you.” The spectre of mutually assured destruction was ingrained throughout much of American culture. In movie theaters, Soviet invasion of America was proxied in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) and Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956). And, in the real world, the Office of Civil Defense encouraged suburbanites to build their own backyard bomb shelters ( continue reading... )

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