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It's about time someone asked. And seeing as how this is the place to do it, I figure I'd ask, given eight potential flashpoints, and their potential for war, I figure I would ask, so, how do you think, if someone miscalculated, or worse, would a Third World War between the superpowers turn out in the following potential flashpoints:
1. 1948 (Berlin Crisis)
2. 1950 (Start of Korean War)
3. 1956 (Soviet Invasion of Hungary, Suez Crisis)
4. 1961-62 (2nd Berlin Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis)
5. 1968 (Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, Height of US involvement in Vietnam, and Sino-Soviet Border Clashes)
6. 1973 (Yom Kippur War)
7. 1983 (Able Archer War Scare)
8. 1989 (Collapse of the Warsaw Pact, assume Soviets apply "Tiananmen Solution" after coup overthrows Gorbachev)
I have my opinions, but I'd love to hear the take of others. And the more detailed your answers, the better?
It's about time someone asked. And seeing as how this is the place to do it, I figure I'd ask, given eight potential flashpoints, and their potential for war, I figure I would ask, so, how do you think, if someone miscalculated, or worse, would a Third World War between the superpowers turn out in the following potential flashpoints:
1. 1948 (Berlin Crisis)
2. 1950 (Start of Korean War)
3. 1956 (Soviet Invasion of Hungary, Suez Crisis)
4. 1961-62 (2nd Berlin Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis)
5. 1968 (Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, Height of US involvement in Vietnam, and Sino-Soviet Border Clashes)
6. 1973 (Yom Kippur War)
7. 1983 (Able Archer War Scare)
8. 1989 (Collapse of the Warsaw Pact, assume Soviets apply "Tiananmen Solution" after coup overthrows Gorbachev)
I have my opinions, but I'd love to hear the take of others. And the more detailed your answers, the better?