During the Cold War Era, the United States was, like the Soviet Union, a model of contradictions as shown by which of the following?
a. its actions in Iran.
b. the use of covert CIA actions that destroyed the elected government of Guatemala
c. arming rebels in Honduras.
d. expecting all nations to be against Marxism-Leninism.
e. all of the answers are correct.
e
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A) the main strain of south Asian Buddhism B) neo-Confucianism C) Japanese Buddhism D) a Shinto sect
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