June 22, 1975: Is the Third World War Over?

June 22, 1975: Is the Third World War Over?

When the Second World War followed on the heels of the First, the question that obsessed everyone was whether World War III would follow in turn. How many concessions and sacrifices were made to delay it, in the hope of perhaps avoiding it altogether?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/opinion/con-solzhenitsyn1.html