TY - Report AU - Paul Dibb PY - 2013 T1 - The nuclear war scare of 1983: how serious was it? PB - Australian Strategic Policy Institute DO - https://doi.org/APO-35951 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/35951 AB - Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union and the United States stood on the brink of nuclear war. The Communist Party leadership in Moscow was convinced that Washington was about to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike, which would require a massive nuclear response. ER -