The first and only use of nuclear weapons in war, ending the largest war in history, serves as a useful objective demarcation point. There is indeed much less

The first and only use of nuclear weapons in war, ending the largest war in history, serves as a useful objective demarcation point. There is indeed much less war now than then. It seems that the doctrine of mutually assured destruction is working, for better or worse. Cold wars, proxy wars, limited in scope and scale wars - these are better than what came before.