Cold War & Decolonization
Superpower rivalry, proxy wars, decolonization in Africa and Asia, and the Non-Aligned Movement
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Explore the Cold War (containment, NATO vs Warsaw Pact, nuclear arms race), proxy wars (Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan), decolonization in Africa (Ghana, Algeria, Congo) and Asia (India, Indonesia), the Non-Aligned Movement, and the fall of the Soviet Union.
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