>>>>>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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>Pretty sure the Retention Drills were our local equivalent.
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>Tamar
Is that where they teach you how to not soil yourself if you hear the air raid siren <bg> ?
( I believe that program was called "Duck and pucker" )
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