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Douglas A. Borer
Superpowers Defeated [EPUB ebook]
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During the Cold War, military conflicts in Vietnam and Afghanistan validated the importanct of war in global power dynamics. But military intervention proved not to be politically sustainable for the USA and the USSR. This study investigates the parallels and differences in the two conflicts.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9781136316647 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2626995 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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