People today think of the world as a uniquely dangerous place. Its hard to follow the news without a mounting dread of terrorist attacks, a clash of civilizations, and the use of weapons of mass destruction. But we are apt to forget the dangers that filled the news a few decades ago, and to be blas about the good fortune that so many of them have fizzled out.
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