Tom Lehrer, master satirist of Cold War era, dies
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I N THE DEPTHS of the cold war, American spooks and generals came to suspect that the nuclear-weapons club was about to gain an incongruous new member. That state was Sweden, a neutral power that sat out both world wars, then declined to join the West’s new defence alliance, NATO, at its founding in 1949.
The latest flare-up started on Thursday, with intense fighting spreading across multiple border areas. Early Saturday, Thailand’s navy joined the army in repelling what it described as incursions by Cambodian troops at three points in eastern Trat province.
The 1980s witnessed mass demonstrations demanding a nuclear freeze. Today, the threat of nuclear war is beginning to enter the public consciousness again.
Forgotten. In case you missed it too, June 25 marked the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War — the first hot front of the Cold War. No ceremonies or any acknowledgment took place anywhere in Washington,
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