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One reason America became a nation after the Civil War is because no foreign outsiders were able to invade and dominate one of the factions. Had the English used their military might to keep the South viable, the US may have been Balkanized.

The Afghans had their civil war after the Soviets left. The winners were the Taliban. They were beginning to create an Afghan nationalism when the US destroyed it with their invasion and deposition of the legitimate rulers, a legitimacy earned through civil war.Documentary torrents

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