HIST 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Ngo Dinh Diem, Organic Movement, United Fruit Company
21 Mar 2016
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Intervening was a necessary part of the cold war that the us needed to do. Psychological and traditional warfare, people decided that this was absolutely important. Still has standing army and peace draft, ready for war. Some people in government believed that some of this needed to be done in secret o. Actors like the cia, and increasing ideas in psychological warfare - fighting without using soldiers. Context - rise in nationalism, specifically the leader declared he was going to nationalize the oil industry, it was a threat to british oil holdings. Long standing effects for iran that influenced foreign policy with us o. Threatened to nationalize private holdings that helped the us. United fruit: owns 42% of guatemala land, don"t pay taxes, deal with the government. This happens, new leader comes in as a dictator, 4 decades of civl war. Context - nationalism, threat to us economic holdings. Secret, cia operative, funding groups with money from us.
