However, what made the situation dangerous were the events leading to the crisis. The single biggest factor was Ronald Reagan. Starting in 1980 his presidency had gone after the Russians with a near evangelistic mission. “Many of his advisers had long advocated modelling and actively planning for nuclear combat,” writes Nicholas Thompson in Wired. “These were the progeny of Herman Kahn, author of On Thermonuclear War and Thinking About the Unthinkable. They believed that the side with the largest arsenal and an expressed readiness to use it would gain leverage during every crisis.”
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