I am a child of the Cold War.

Grouchy Conservative Pundits has a great bunch of folks who think well and write well what they think. Take this post, f'rinstance - Threats, Then and Now:

I am a child of the Cold War. I grew up with the ever-present threat of nuclear annihilation.

School was frequently interrupted by "duck and cover" drills.

Many popular movies were based on nuclear testing, nuclear war or it's aftermath - Them!, Fail Safe, On the Beach.

Read it all, and the comments. It won't be a waste of your time.