Missile sites located mainly in the north of its superpower a: communist countries b: democratic countries

a: communist countries

During Cold War, it started right after the WW2 ended and finished in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States and the Sovietic Union  were fighting over political ideology dividing the world in two: capitalist and communist blocs.

Both great powers did not get to have direct  armed conflicts, instead there were indirect hostilities in third countries territories. These conflicts were sponsored by the US or the Sovietic Union: for example in the Missile Cuban Crisis, 1962, the American air force base were in the south of the island and the Sovietic missile bases were place in La Habana, the north of the island.

During the Vietnam war, the American bases were in south Vietnam and the Sovietic bases were in north Vietnam.

answer: the purpose of the "index of forbidden books" was to prevent the contamination of the faith or the corruption of morals of roman catholics according to canon law, through the reading of theologically mistaken or immoral books. the condemnation of published books, thus listed in the index librorum prohibitorum.

explanation: index librorum prohibitorum, (latin: “index of forbidden books”), list of books once forbidden by roman catholic church authority as dangerous to the faith or morals of roman catholics. publication of the list ceased in 1966, and it was relegated to the status of a historic document.

the 20th and final edition appeared in 1948, and the index was formally abolished on 14 june 1966 by pope paul vi. the aim of the list was to protect the faith and morals of the faithful by putting a stop to the reading of theologically, culturally, and politically disruptive books.