Western Ag Reporter Podcast
Western Ag Reporter Podcast
Reality Check - Threading the Nuclear Needle
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The year is 1953. America had emerged as a superpower from the global devastation of World War II that had occurred only eight years earlier. In that short span, the United States went from being the world’s sole nuclear power to one of two, the other being the Communist Soviet Union. The two nations were locked in an ideological stalemate. On one side stood liberty, free markets, the right to criticize one’s government, and the freedom to practice faith openly. On the other, stood the colorless shackles of state control and enforced communist orthodoxy. Tragically, nuclear weapons capability did not...