Date: 2017-06-02 04:32 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
The political climate for a "Soviet Menace" fiction market in 1981 didn't depend on a Reagan win. It would have been there regardless.

Remember, the Soviet Union had recently invaded Afghanistan. In response, the Carter administration re-instated the Selective Service system, in case a full-scale military draft were necessary.

Two things to remember about the era:
One, a militarily aggressive Soviet menace wasn't a paranoid's dream, it was a deadly reality.
Two, Carter wasn't a milquetoast pacifist, but was as anti-Soviet-tyranny as was Reagan. The distinction was in their methods, not their goals.

-rp
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