My grandson is reading Alas, Babylon in AP English. He has tried to find some 'right' web sites, but has just found 'left' ones. If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it. He has to tie in how the book relates to the Korean and Vietnam wars.
In the sense that the Communists were trying to force their dictatorships on free peoples everywhere, there is a correlation to the hot wars we had with their proxies. The fact that given the nuclear weapons the Soviets had, if they thought they could have caught us with our pants down and their risk could be minimized they would have struck.
Of course, the teacher probably expects to hear how both nations were evil to employ such terrible weapons and the communists were just like us (both afraid of the evil Fundementalist Christians).
The other important thing to take from the book is how a strong morale man can stand up and hold back the evils of anarchy and lawlessness even without the overall society to help. True Americanism prevails.
Have him review the Heritage Foundation website. Lot's of great analysis and information on it. Add in the Media Research Organization to understand how the media is biased.
Just a thought.