HIS343Y1 Lecture Notes - Iranian Revolution, Carlos Castillo Armas, Chiquita Brands International
Document Summary
Oss - involved in different conflicts, including vietnam war and assisting the viet minh in wwii covert affairs were used as last ditch efforts rather than first choices, used to complement military campaigns. Cia filled with emerging sense of confidence after increasing success - launching more operations beyond the iron curtain (these initial plans were failures) 1949 - emergence of people"s republic of china - seems like communism is on the march in asia, north korea invades south korea. Covert operations became a way to scope out nuclear warfare - could also be traditional warfare of gaining allies, toppling enemy governments, etc. Trying to break a stalemate, an agreed game between soviet union and usa - to affect short term change in the international system increased globalization of covert operations to gain allies and change regimes, under the. Eisenhower administration to advance us influence around the world.
