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Sputnik, 50 Years Later: The Launch of Techno-Power

[This is an excerpt from Norman Solomon's new book "Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State."]

A story could start almost anywhere. This one begins at a moment startled by a rocket.

In the autumn of 1957, America was not at war ... or at peace. The threat of nuclear annihilation shadowed every day, flickering with visions of the apocalyptic. In classrooms, "duck and cover" drills were part of the curricula. Underneath any Norman Rockwell painting, the grim reaper had attained the power of an ultimate monster.