Those of us who were alive from the 50s through the 80s grew up with a fear of nuclear war. Obviously each person felt this fear to different degrees, but the knowledge was there for all of us, hovering in the background: two superpowers (and their allies) had world-destroying arsenals pointed at each other. Virtually no one on Earth would be untouched …
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