S1E2: Will the Real Evil Empire Please Stand Up?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
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Reagan's Campaign Message, That Whole Thing About Soviet Strength and American Weakness?
At the peak of the arms race, nuclear weapons became a very unsettled metaphor for one's manhood. Arms negotiations were closed, but a chilly Cold War relationship does not necessarily a nuclear crisis make. The United States was never behind the Soviet Union in military capability. In order for things to spiral out of control during 1983's able-archer exercise, things needed to get a lot hotter.
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