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I need as much information to write a short paper consisting of at least 600 words. First to define the cold war and identify the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan as a proxy war. Describe the events of that war, and explain how it is a proxy war for the Cold War between the United States and Russia. Using realist or idealist theoretic worldviews to explain the proxy war.

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The Cold War and Cold War Proxy of the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan.

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The Cold War and Cold War Proxy of the Soviet Occupation of Aghanistan
I need as much information to write a short paper consisting of at least 600 words. First to define the cold war and identify the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan as a proxy war. Describe the events of that war, and explain how it is a proxy war for the Cold War between the United States and Russia. Using realist or idealist theoretic worldviews to explain the proxy war.

In reference to the Cold War, which lasted for approximately 50 years, this was a war between the only two superpowers in the world after the end of WW2. Russia was the Communist superpower and the United States was the Capitalist superpower. Both of these nations chose to engage in proxy wars with their allies and in third world countries that were ...

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