The early 1950�s in USA were an era of predictions. Colliers 1951 article predicted the downfall of Communism in Soviet Union provoked by USA military action. While this downfall was the result of other causes 1n 1991, the article was quite predictive. Carl
http://www.norfolkacademy.org/fac_staff/~rezelman/research.htm The Cold War and Cultural History
Another potential future subject of research is the cultural history of the Cold War. This is a rich and promising field, and happily one that does not (for the most part) rely on the declassification of government documents. Paul Boyer's By the Bomb's Early Light remains the classic of the genre, but the subject since 1950 is still largely unexplored. A history of "World War III," as it was variously depicted in fiction and films, is a subject of particular interest to me. A great starting point for this is the special October 27, 1951, issue of Collier's magazine (right), which was devoted in its entirety to a "Preview of the War We Do Not Want."
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/nuclear/2chap.htm Rabid militarism was far more common in the fifties than Heinlein's
position. Some writers went so far as to advocate that the United States make a
first strike against the enemy. Even after the Russians developed (or stole, as
was commonly thought), the A-bomb, the prospect of annihilating their country
with a devastating nuclear attack was irresistibly attractive to many. Perhaps
the most striking elaboration of this fantasy has been mentioned in chapter 1,
the special issue of Collier's magazine for October 27, 1951, entitled "Preview
of the War We Do Not Want." The Russians here are joyously liberated from their
cruel Communist masters by a righteous nuclear assault on the Soviet Union,
prompted by its invasion of Yugoslavia
