The American Shift to Covert Operations

question 10

Multiple Choice

The American shift to covert operations:

• A) Followed US antipathy following the Vietnam War
• B) Reduced Latin American anger at US gunboat diplomacy
• C) Mirrored increased Soviet presence in the region under Brezhnev
• D) Was advocated by rising US investment in the region

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