In the Decades Immediately Following the Close of World War

question 6

Multiple Choice

In the decades immediately following the close of World War II and extending into the 1980s, the most dominant theme faced by United States presidents in the foreign policy arena was __________________.

• A) the rise of Islamic fundamentalism
• B) the Cold War with its expansion of Communism
• C) the war in Vietnam
• D) the war in Iraq and Afghanistan
• E) equal access to and use of the international space station

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