60 Years After Lyndon Johnson’s ‘Daisy Ad,’ the Silence on Nuclear War Is Dangerous

One evening in early September 1964, a frightening commercial jolted 50 million Americans who were partway through watching “Monday Night at the Movies” on NBC. The ad began with an adorable three-year-old girl counting petals as she pulled them from a daisy. Then came a man’s somber voiceover, counting down from ten to zero. Then … Continue reading "60 Years After Lyndon Johnson’s ‘Daisy Ad,’ the Silence on Nuclear War Is Dangerous"

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