HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Mahatma Gandhi, Harold Macmillan
14 Nov 2020
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The usa emerges as the new dominant western power in the region. The us threatened to sell off british government bounds which would devalue the pound and ruin the economy. Canada changed its flag because nasser refused to allow canadian peacekeeping troops to intervene if they displayed a british union jack. As a result of suez, anthony eden is regarded as the least effective british prime minister of the. Woodrow wilson celebrated the right of national self determination and he called for the impartial adjustment of colonial claims, with consideration for the interests of the peoples involves. He asserted that other countries should follow in america"s footsteps. He laid the foundations for america"s own empire in the 20th century, ironically. Like ghandi, jinnah also adopted native dress as he attempted to decolonize his body. He was a part of the muslim league. He turned the cause of the muslim statehood into a pass populist movement.
