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By November of 1989, it was clear that peace was merely a veneer over an increasingly fragile state of affairs. The situation worsened with Soviet intervention becoming imminent. The realization that the Soviet military was heading towards a stalemate became evident as attacks from both sides intensified with no clear victor in sight. The governing bodies in Moscow and Washington were forced to consider the unthinkable: a military confrontation that could lead to a nuclear escalation.
The ramifications of this precarious dance between power and politics were thus appropriately dire. Both NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact prepared for the sharp end of conflict, mobilizing troops and engaging in high-stakes dialogue fraught with tension and misunderstandings.