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> two superpowers with nuclear overkill capability glaring at each other but not doing much. Those glares killed a lot of people in proxy wars around the globe
by emanreus 9y ago
> two superpowers with nuclear overkill capability glaring at each other but not doing much.
Those glares killed a lot of people in proxy wars around the globe.
- woodandsteel 9y agoTrue, but not remotely on the scale of a world war. And it is not as if those other regions were peaceful until the cold war came along. I mean, regular warfare has been the way of the world for thousands of years. The old war is sometimes referred to by historians as the long peace.