HST 210 Lecture Notes - Jacobo Árbenz, Literacy Test, Nationalization
8 Sep 2013
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Eisenhower and massive retaliation: necessitates an expensive and high tech defines policy (arms build up): arms build up would protect the us from an attack. Ike"s critique of the mic: expensive it can lead arms/defence corporations to potentially have undue influence over the government. Us joins the southeast asia treaty organization (seato) to work with regional and interested powers to contain communism in southeast asia: they would work together to contain communism. Capitalist west and communist east will compete for the hearts and minds of the emerging nations. Some of the newly emerging nations are attracted to socialist ideals and associate capitalism and the west with colonialism, racism and economic exploitation. Cia will engage in covert operations in the developing world to support nationalist (and pro-western) governments being challenged by communist or leftist movements at home. Ufc argues that arbenz"s agrarian reform represents soviet expansion in the. Americas and lobbies the government (allen and john foster dulles) for intervention.
