Academic help online 10. At the same time, Western leaders saw that the Soviets would use military force to defend their control over the Communist bloc, and realized that only open war between East and West—a price they felt was too high—had the potential to overturn authoritarian Communist rule.

At the same time, Western leaders saw that the Soviets would use military force to defend their control over the Communist bloc, and realized that only open war between East and West—a price they felt was too high—had the potential to overturn authoritarian Communist rule.

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