Since 1945, great powers have not fought against each other. Instead, tensions between great powers have been discharged through proxy wars: the Huk Resistance versus the Philippine government; North Korea versus South Korea; the Malayan National Liberation Army versus British Malaya; North Vietnam versus South Vietnam; the Mujahideen versus the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan; and any number of civil wars within Western-aligned, Eastern-aligned and non-aligned states.
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