Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization Gail Carson Levine and their entire family were

and their entire family were just at the beginning of a horrific odyssey through the aftermath of a violent crime

everything changes

the brain behaves differently

Devine’s coworker and former girlfriend

Individuals—even entire communities—can short-circuit the feedback loops of outrage and blame

Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization Gail Carson Levine and their entire family wereThe year was 1947. The Soviet Union had moved from being Americas uneasy ally in the Second World War to its most feared enemy. With Joseph Stalins ambitions pushing westward, Turkey was pressured from the east while communist revolutionaries overran Greece. The British Empire was battered from its war with Hitler and suddenly teetering on the brink of financial ruin. Only America could afford to defend freedom in the West, and the effort was