Comparing Vietnam and Afghanistan

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This is a paper comparing the political upheavals in Vietnam with those in Afghanstan, how the two countries got involved, and how this effected current events in Asia. The author looks at various regional tensions and how these have impacted the creation of enemies. Views are displayed from the Soviet, American, North and South Vietnamese and Afghan perspectives.

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"The United States and the Soviet Union had been enemies for the majority of the duration of the twentieth century. They represented the two political poles, divided by the Iron Curtain, with all other countries spread on either side of it. They had gone through a space race and an arms build up, which produced the creation of weapons of mass destruction, able to completely eradicate life on earth. A few time during the twentieth century humanity had witnessed near global catastrophes. But the climax of the bloodiest age in human history occurred in the mirrored regional conflicts that changed the world and brought a peaceful coexistence between former rivals."

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