> People, large numbers of them, actually believed (and it may have been true) that extinction-level global war was an accidental launch away. Considering the

> People, large numbers of them, actually believed (and it may have been true) that extinction-level global war was an accidental launch away. Considering the Cuba Missile Crisis, perhaps that wasn't an entirely unreasonable expectation... Reminds me of a fascinating (and rather depressing) alternative history of the missile crisis I read a while ago. I couldn't stop reading: http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=65071 http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=...