Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low.
“I wouldn't be interested in just doing a show that's mapped out and choreographed with a set list. That would've been boring so long ago it just wouldn't be any fun.”
“As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it.”