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The U.S.S.R., he argued, was losing its revolutionary edge. The truly revolutionary country, China, would not make that mistake.
The Cold War
John Lewis Gaddis
Iran, via third parties that included Israel. In a further refinement of capitalist spy-craft, the proceeds of these sales were used to finance the right-wing Contra rebels, who were attempting to topple the socialist Sandinista government in Nicaragua
Iraq received massive financial support from the Gulf States, above all from Saudi Arabia, and billions in loans from Washington – though these, since the Iraqis were now obliged to import their wheat from the US, had the effect of boosting the American economy
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