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The CIA and How the Agency Overthrew Governments in the Cold War: The Secret Plotting of the Worldwide Regime Change. Introduction Cold war had been more than a military confrontation between super powers. It was a no-fly zone of the intelligence services, clandestine operations, propaganda, and political intrigue as well. This was the time when the Central Intelligence Agency emerged among the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world politics. The late 1940s to early 1990s was the period of the competition by the United States and the Soviet Union over the world. To curb communism, the CIA has plotted covert operations into a number of nations, occasionally rigging elections but in other instances, openly aiding coup dethronements of any sitting government. These acts influenced the political environment of most of the areas such as Latin America, Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia. To know how these operations functioned, it is necessary to observe the strategic factors o...

Why Nuclear Weapons? Why nuclear weapons have never been used after 1945: The Fragile Balance of Fear. The world felt the destructive force of the nuclear weapons in August 1945 when the United States used the power of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . It was devastating and humankind entered into the nuclear era with wonder and dread. However, since the bombings of World War II , it has not been possible to employ nuclear weapons to war. This is an extraordinary restraint given the amount of conflicts, crises and geopolitical rivalries that have taken place since 1945. These factors are multifaceted based on strategy, morality, diplomacy and fear. The nuclear weapons have not been abolished in the world, the world has learnt to coexist with them. Mutually assured destruction (MAD) Doctrine. During the Cold War the United States, as well as the Soviet Union , developed huge nuclear arsenals. The reasoning behind it was as cold blooded as possible: on...