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Twilight Struggle: Cold War Lessons for US-China Today

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How Did America Study the Soviet Union?

In the beginning, we knew nothing. We basically created an entirely new academic field of sovietology. It was a case where you had academic institutions, a philanthropic undations and government all come together to create the money and brain power for intelligence work. The united states didn't always have all the expertse that we needed but i think what the cold war does teach us is that you can overcome this. But it just takes a lot of time, a lot of money and a lot of energy.

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