Acceptance essay

It became a Saturday routine. Heading home from shopping with my family, we were met by a group of angry demonstrators on one side, police in full riot gear on the other. The issue? The United States intended to station Pershing II's in what was then West Germany. "Nuts," the Germans replied.
Of course, what I witnessed firsthand was the Reagan Administration's strategic defense policy in action. I spent six years living on the front lines of the Cold War in Germany. My life from early childhood has been immersed in defense policy, military tactics, and international relations. I have a…