> Mutually assured destruction kept the Cold War to mostly proxy nations instead of an all out worldwide theater
I get the feeling you aren't familiar with Vasily Arkhipov or Stanislav Petrov. Sorry, you will probably feel depressed/sick. I do when I consider these events, and a weird sense of unreality and insanity.
It wasn't government policy that prevented nuclear war, but people disobeying orders.
I get the feeling you aren't familiar with Vasily Arkhipov or Stanislav Petrov. Sorry, you will probably feel depressed/sick. I do when I consider these events, and a weird sense of unreality and insanity.
It wasn't government policy that prevented nuclear war, but people disobeying orders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov_(vice_admiral)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov