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The Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union did not go "hot" due to the specter of mutually assured destruction through the use of nuclear weapons. The Cold War was in fact fought, in the shadows and through proxies across the world.

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Nukes; without nuclear weapons there would have been NO cold war.

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Both sides feared "mutually assured destruction."

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