Warning: The Danger of NOT Fearing a Thermonuclear War
The ‘Cold War,’ which followed WWII, lasted until the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. When I was in Elementary school, the threat and fear of nuclear war with the USSR were ingrained in us through government documentaries, the media, and the constant “Duck and Cover” drills when we were told to duck under our wooden desks for protection against an atomic bomb.
