There was real and actual danger to the millions of people killed and maimed in the proxy wars between the US and USSR. But aside from a few acute crises, there

There was real and actual danger to the millions of people killed and maimed in the proxy wars between the US and USSR. But aside from a few acute crises, there was very little danger to civilian Americans or Russians living their day-to-day lives. Arguably, there is far more danger today due to gun violence, which has killed vastly more Americans than Russia ever did.