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“The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.”

Long War Literature Cold Cold War

Author:John le Carre

“[T]he cold warms me—after a different fashion from that of the kitchen stove.”

Different Fashion Cold Weather Kitchen Cold War Stoves

Book:In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs

Source: In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs

“So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.”

People Stills War Government Culture Generations Cold Prisoner Cold War My Generation

Author:Stewart Udall

“Our generation, like the one before us, must choose. Without the threat of the Cold War, without the pain of economic ruin, without the fresh memory of World War II's slaughter, it is tempting to pursue our private agendas -- to simply sit back and let history unfold. We must resist the temptation.”

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Author:William J. Clinton

“Our attainments [in space] are a major element in the competition between the Soviet system and our own . . . . in this sense, [they] are part of the battle along the fluid front of the cold war.”

War Space Fronts Cold Walking Battle Moon Elements Majors Competition Soviet Cold War Fluid Attainment Star Gazing

Author:James E. Webb

“I started out as a Cold Warrior, even my last years in grade school.”

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Author:Alexander Haig

“To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, is a measure of arrogance and wrong-headedness.”

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Author:Alexander Haig

“The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it.”

Years Humans War Used Grew Cold Species Cold War Seventies Nuclear War Human Species

Book:Stars and Gods

Source: Stars and Gods

“The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War.”

War Ends States United United States Cold Abandoned Cold War

Author:Russell Banks

“I was very much a child of the Cold War.”

Children War Cold Cold War

Author:Justin Cronin

“I stand before you tonight as a young American, a proud American, of a generation born as the Cold War receded, shaped by the tragedy of 9/11, connected by the digital revolution and determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century another American century - President Barack Obama.”

“America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal.”

War America Force Economic Military Cold Equal Cold War Summit Emerging Military Force

Book:Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President

Source: Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President

“After America won the Cold War, some believed we had come to the 'end of history,' and budget-cutters celebrated the so-called 'peace dividend.' As a result, we ignored the toxic mixture of militant Islam and terror that ultimately led to 9/11.”

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Author:Frank Gaffney

“Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world.”

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Author:Mike Jackson