... power and committed their slaughters without the destabilization of the war, particularly of the American bombing campaigns in Cambodia. Afghanistan The afghan war, which was from 1978-92, was a conflict between anti-Communist Muslim guerrillas and the Afghan government and Soviet Union. The coup, which occurred in 1979, brought Hafizullah Amin to power which brought aboutfierce reatalliation by ... the USSR, who then installed Babrak Karmal as president. The Soviet invasion, which sparked Afghan resistance initially involved an estimated 30,000 troops, a force that ultimately grew to 10...

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... the arms race and war preparations; a sharp increase in military spending; economic competition (wearing down); recurring international crises (Berlin crisis, the Cuban missile crisis, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Afghan war, and others.); conducting a massive "psychological war", whose aim was to promote their own ideology and way of life, as well as discrediting in the eyes of the population "enemy ... ...

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... meant a rise in organized crime. Callous criminals, such as Al Capone, caused an estimated 60 million dollars worth of damage. Although Capone was indeed a criminal, he shared his wealth with charities, and provided the public with goods and services that they wanted. In the 1920's business was an obsession. Economic expansion created booming business profits, which in turn raised the standard ... ...

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... about the affair when she found a stack of love letters. This was the end of the Roosevelt's formal marriage. After that, Eleanor became very involved with the poor and other charities. There were also rumors about Eleanor, as some said she had affairs with women. Unfortunately, it seems a lot of presidents, good and bad, had affairs outside their marriages. However Roosevelt ... ...

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