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The political system of Central and Northern Italy was characterized by the city states great fragmentation and spirit of autonomy. This situation constituted an insuperable obstacle to any prospect of national unification and a serious barrier even to the formation of smaller state organizations such as the regional states into which Italy later consolidated.
This factor indeed stood them out.
The threat of Nuclear warfare. The soviets trying to spread communism. I dont believe anyone really won this war because it has caused lasting tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union now present day Russia
