While many regions in Asia and Africa remained under neo-colonial influence after independence, which of the following describes the other typical decolonization process immediately after World War II?
a. Former European colonial powers lost complete control of their former colonies.
b. African and Asian nations were successful in isolating themselves form the bipolarity of the superpowers.
c. Some nations became involved in the competition between superpowers and were pulled apart in the process.
d. New states, being weaker and in desperate need of loans and funds, found no help from the superpowers.
e. A federation of African states was successful in keeping both the Soviet Union and the United States out of African affairs.
c
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