Cold War
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Spring 2007 | Volume 22, Issue 4
A radar station near the northeast corner of Alaska, once part of the front line of the Cold War. George Steinmetz/Corbis
In the early hours of April 17, 1952, World War III nearly began—although not many people realized it at the time.
The previous afternoon an intelligence source…
