They were cigar-shaped, glowed red and could turn on a dime. Which ruled out even the most sophisticated rockets of the time.
Their paranoia led the agency to launch Operation CHAOS—in direct violation of its charter.
'We were there to serve Charlie,' recounts former Manson Family member Dianne Lake; he even asked her to bite off an umbilical cord when another girl gave birth.
Substance abuse in the Vietnam War wasn’t just limited to the marijuana and heroin enlistees could buy on the black market. Military commanders also heavily prescribed pills to help improve soldiers' performance.
Some blame Mikhail Gorbachev for the collapse of the Soviet Union. But the economy and political structure were already in deep decay.
