The death of the president that resided over the end of the Cold War got me to thinking about a lot of things especially in the fields of foreign policy and international relations…..
There comes a time when even something as the Cold War becomes history…..so for those youngsters that may be visiting IST let me tell you about the Cold War…..the Cold War was a state of political hostilities between the US and the USSR…..
A few attempts to explain the Cold War to my readers…..it is simple and quicker than trying to write a simple explanation……
Now that you have the background on the Cold War I can move on to where this post is going……
Ever heard of Aceh….or Biafra……or maybe Tibet……those are a few of the countries that did not survive the Cold War and they are NOT alone……
The Cold War spelled the end of numerous countries from 1947-91. Grenada, whose story was featured at the Historiat earlier this week , survived. Poland, Egypt, and Thailand survived, too. The country of South Vietnam, on the other hand, did not survive. On Oct. 26, 1955, South Vietnam declared its independence from Vietnam proper, kicking off a decades-long war that dragged in both Cold War superpowers and the longtime regional kingmaker in southeast Asia, China.
We all know that things ended badly for the rebels. Here are 10 more countries that didn’t survive, either:
I shall keep posting on the history around the Cold War whenever I can find something unusual for my readers……
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I was around for that cold war too. I often mention Biafra, but it seems to have been forgotten with the passing of time.
Best wishes, Pete.
SO true…I use to collect paper money and have a one pound Biafra note…..so many people died and we try to forget…..sad, huh? chuq