CAS IR 350 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Labor Zionism, Anti-Communism, Pan-Americanism
11 Mar 2016
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Pahlevi soviet separatist revolt rush want oil us support pahlevi: turkish straits crisis = molotov agreement to limit turkish independence . Us policy: czech and benes president, non-comm foreign minister (b/w both superpowers, potsdam = last wartime conference = germany divided, eliminate war potential, tensions b/w us and russia grand alliance. Increasing coop b/w germ zones, deutsche mark est. , trizonal central bank. The middle east in ferment: anglo-arab early alliance (1916-18), hussein bin ali = last hashemites to rule, june 1916 great arab revolt ***, zionist movement, balfour, weizmann = head of. Washington reneges 1956 egypt nationalizes suez canal. Ike as the peace candidate means he can"t take a strong stance on gb/fr action in egypt. The far east: china, korea, indochina, japan: us backs chiang in 1943, his western wife, stillwell (advisor) flips and accuses. Chiang of nepotism and nationalists of corruption, misuse of us aid.
