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Cold War episode 19 - Backyard 1954-1990

Cold War episode 19 – Backyard 1954-1990

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Cold War episode 19 – Backyard 1954-1990: The United States has always regarded Latin America as its own backyard. Fearing the spread of communism, it seeks to destabilize leftist governments. In 1973, the CIA helps overthrow the Chilean president Salvador Allende; in the 1980’s it support right wing extremists in Nicaragua and El Salvador. The United States saw the emergence […]

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1989: The Year that Made the Modern World episode 1 - From Communism to Terrorism

1989: The Year that Made the Modern World episode 1

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1989: The Year that Made the Modern World episode 1:  A year of revolution around the world; Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s new policies lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall; a government crackdown follows protests in Beinjing’s Tiananmen Square; a power shift sweeps across Eastern Europe.     A chronicle of the most consequential events of 1989, which saw

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