Where the Cold War Wasn't So Cold

摘要

For many American families, the term "Cold War" rings hollow. During the decade and a half following V-E and V-J days - an era of supposed peace between the United States and the Soviet Union - they lost loved ones due to combat actions by the air forces of America's former World War Ⅱ ally. Even before Winston Churchill gave his "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri, in March 1946, Soviet fighters had twice fired on U.S. Navy patrol planes over the Yellow Sea. In both the October 1945 and February 1946 incidents, the Americans evaded the attacks and the first of many forthcoming official protests were made.