We visited a book and map store in Riga. I asked what all the bundles of paper were on the shelves. The shopkeeper asked where I was from, typed that into his computer and pulled a sheet from one of the bundles. It was a map of my hometown in Russian. When the USSR collapsed and the Soviet military pulled out of Riga, there were 30 railway platforms piled with maps made for the army. This man bought thousands, cataloged them and within seconds could lay his hand on one for Atlanta. This really gave me a start. The Cold War was not just a term, there was a vast, detailed plan.
