I lived in Germany during the 80s. Loved the country, but not the reason I was there. Believe me, nothing about that time was simple. The underlying fear that someone might just be crazy enough to launch nukes was always there, especially with Reagan as our president and some of the old fossils running things in the USSR.

I miss Germany because as I said I did love living there and it's an experience I will always value. But no I don't miss the east-west tension thing at all.