Monthly Archives: December 2008

‘Less than 33 minutes away, their whole city, their whole life, could be annihilated.’

Originally published here. The image above is from a classic Cold War-era propaganda comic book, “The H-Bomb And You“, published in 1954. It’s all about civil defense, and how patriotic Americans could do their part to defend the homeland. A smartly dressed, avuncular civil defense corps representative answers some schoolkids’ questions, and concludes with: Even [...]
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