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Word: confrontationâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1967-1967
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...became the custodial power of the Arab world, the Soviet Union found that it could not control events. While the Soviets had every reason to welcome turbulence in the area, they could not restrain their clients from provoking an explosion that eventually threatened a direct Russian-U.S. military confrontation???which might well have occurred if the tide of battle three weeks ago had flowed differently and Israel had been faced with extinction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: Summit in Smalltown | 6/30/1967 | See Source »

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