The world was never more ready to go to war than during the Cold War, yet it didn't because both sides were too strong for either to profit from a major war.
What about Korea and Vietnam. Yes they had internal conflicts, but were they not greatly magnified by the superpowers? Certainly the Korean war has led to long term destabilization in the region. The whole middle east situation was not helped, but magnified greatly by the cold war.
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