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We have managed to avoid a large-scale war for 45 years. . . . [C]onfrontation arising from ideological convictions has not justified itself either. . . . [R]eliance on unequal exchange between developed

The Cold War

John Lewis Gaddis

Despite the enormous wealth of the Gulf States, the Arab world has experienced little or no industrial revolution. At its core it remains backward-looking and feudal in structure, with the oil paying for an army of foreigners to keep the economic wheels turning

Blowback

Michael Lüders

He was wrong, but we have Gorbachev’s naiveté to thank for bringing an end to the Cold War. Over

Eastern Europe!

Tomek E. Jankowski

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