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In segment 28d: Proxy Wars and the Arms Race, we cover several near-wars and proxy wars around the world.
28段第四部分，代理戰(zhàn)爭和軍備競賽，我們會講到幾場一觸即發(fā)的戰(zhàn)爭和代理人戰(zhàn)爭
The Korean War of 1950-1953 pitted South Korea, the US, and various United Nations forces against North Korea and Red China.
1950到1953年的朝鮮戰(zhàn)爭使得韓國，美國和其它聯(lián)合國力量與朝鮮和紅色中國相較量
Despite General MacArthur's urgings, the Korean War didn't turn into a nuclear war.
盡管麥克阿瑟將軍頻頻催促，朝鮮戰(zhàn)爭還是沒有演變?yōu)楹藨?zhàn)
1956 brought two crises: the Suez crisis, pitting Britain, France, and Israel against modern Egypt, and the Hungarian Revolution.
1956年發(fā)生了兩場危機，蘇伊士運河危機，是英國、法國、以色列與現(xiàn)代埃及的較量，另外一場危機就是匈牙利革命
Fortunately, neither of these episodes turned into a full-blown war,
幸運的是，兩場危機都沒有變成全面展開的戰(zhàn)爭
nor did President Kennedy's idiotic 1961 "Bay of Pigs" invasion of Castro's Cuba.
肯尼迪總統(tǒng)1961年向卡斯特羅領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的古巴進(jìn)行豬灣入侵事件也沒有變成戰(zhàn)爭
Far more frightening was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962,
更可怕的是1962年的古巴導(dǎo)彈危機
which the USSR was cajoled into removing its secret nuclear missile bases from Cuba.
蘇聯(lián)被哄騙將自己的秘密核導(dǎo)彈基地撤離古巴
The arms race and the space race continued, at an exorbitant cost, which would take its toll on both East and West.
軍備競賽和航天競賽也在繼續(xù)，代價高昂離譜，使得東方和西方都遭受了損失
Segment 28b: A Farewell To Empires
28段第四部分，告別帝國
In World War Two, the German, Japanese, and Italian empires were defeated, never to rise again.
在二戰(zhàn)中，德國，日本和意大利帝國都戰(zhàn)敗，再也沒能崛起
