The Unites States backed the Ethiopian government in its conflict with Somalia in the 1970s as part of:

A. an attempt to secure its natural resources
B. an attempt to support the new Soviet policy of glasnost
C. an attempt to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining a seaport in the Horn of Africa
D. a proxy war with the Soviet Union

Correct Answer: a proxy war with the Soviet Union ✔

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