M E STU 10 Lecture 11: MES 10 Study Guide
14 Mar 2018
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Key concepts/terms/names: the suez crisis (also known as 1956 war) In october 1956, british, french, and israeli forces attacked egypt, claiming that they were protecting the suez canal. The invading forces withdrew from egypt in early 1957. The uez (cid:272)(cid:396)isis is (cid:449)idel(cid:455) (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed to ha(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)i(cid:271)uted sig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)tl(cid:455) to b(cid:396)itai(cid:374)"s de(cid:272)li(cid:374)e as a world power. The war internationalized a regional conflict (israel, france, and great britain) Nasser was expected to block the straits of tiran (opening to red sea but close to. Both the us and ussr were against this invasion. The us warned against the soviet intervention. Nevertheless, the damage to us relations with the me was done and the region has become a cold war hotspot in coming years and decades: zionism (its roots and leaders) Political zionism (cid:862)a la(cid:374)d (cid:449)ithout people is fo(cid:396) a people (cid:449)ithout la(cid:374)d. (cid:863) Modern political zionism originated in russia, where anti-semitism was more virulent.
