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Twilight Struggle: Cold War Lessons for US-China Today
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The Cold War - The Problem With Containment
In the 19 fifties and 60s, America had to choose its allies in a variety of third world countries. The problem was that there were higher degrees of political instability than at any time before. And so you often found yourself in a position where the alternative to some communist insurgency wasn't a nice, liberal democrat like conrad adenauer. Mand: i think it's fair to simply condemn the united states for working with bad actors in a iron or guatemala, or any other place.
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