Defense Intelligence Agency: A Brief History

Port of Corinto, Nicaragua.
A BRIEF HISTORY
Afghanistan, the overthrow of the Iranian monarchy, and the taking of
U.S. hostages in the American Embassy in Teheran in 1979. Other
events of serious concern during this period were the Vietnamese
takeover in Phnom Penh; the China-Vietnam border war; the overthrow
of Amin in Uganda; the North-South Yemen dispute; troubles in
Pakistan; border clashes between Libya and Egypt; the Sandinista
takeover in Nicaragua; and, the Soviet movement of combat troops to
Cuba during the signing of the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty II.
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