What patently shallow and flawed analogy was sometimes made between the Cold War and the Peloponnesian War?
a. The United States as Athens and the Soviet Union as Sparta
b. The slavery of Athens and the slave labor camps of the Soviet Union
c. The United States as Athens and Cuba as Corcyra
d. The Soviet Union as Sparta and Germany as Corinth
e. The United States as Sparta and the Soviet Union as Athens
Answer: a
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