HIS 1111 Lecture Notes - Iron Curtain, The Hard Lessons, Baghdad Pact
11 Feb 2014
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As a result of the cmc, the intensity of the cold war died down. The enemy of my enemy is my friend became the dominant trend in thought. We (soviets) have no interest in the middle east: competing narratives, narratives told about each other direct their military strategy. There was an idea that all communist movements was directed by moscow: the hard lessons of korea. Overthrown when he tried to clamp down on british petroleum. They had been mining iran for profits: as the british was withdrawing, they came up with a plan to overthrow. The us took over this plan and the coup was successful: 1954 coup in guatemala, country basically own by the united fruit company who paid no taxes. Jacobo arbenz runs orpresident in 52-53; wanted to use the land that the. United fruit company wasn"t using and give it to peasants to use.
