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The Hidden Critique of U.S. Foreign Policy in ‘Red Dawn’
A high school class lecture on the Mongol Empire is suddenly interrupted by a paratrooper assault. The Russian-speaking paratroopers shoot first. The teacher is killed. Students scatter. An RPG blows up the school bus. Amid the chaos, a group of boys, in …