>>>>>>>I liked Halberstam's book . Historians are already reevaluating Ike's leadership style - seen at the time as detached and even clueless and seen in retrospect as knowing how to let others take the heat - or even the credit - if it advanced his agenda. And it's horses for courses. Keeping a lid on was very much what the 50s were all about. Probably just as well. At least there was a 60s <s> ( are you too young to remember "duck and cover"?)
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>>>>>>Yes, a little too young for the actual classroom exercises. But the Cold War was still alive and well, The domino theory, all that.
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>>>>>When I was in grade school in 60's, we had what they called "Retention Drills" in addition to fire drills. Involved going into the school hallway and sitting with your back against the wall.
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>>>>>Tamar
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>>>>So you missed dropping to the ground and putting newspaper over your head to protect from nuclear fallout <s>
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>>>You are so funny. Everyone knows you need an elementary school desk to protect you.
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>>Sure, but that is only if you are one of the lucky ones, sitting in a classroom taking a test you didn't study for when there is a major nuclear attack.
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>I have a common recurring dream. It's a college final and I haven't attended class or studied all semester.

In the last few years, in my version of that dream, I'm _teaching_ the class and I've forgotten to attend for weeks.

Tamar