SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unitary Executive Theory, Colin Powell, High Culture

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Sociology notes week 22: after vietnam us was deeply scarred us remained involved in the persian. Gulf region and afghanistan: in the oil rich region of the persian gulf the american supported the government of mohammad reza shah pahlavi the shah of iran. Followers of the imam khomeini"s line stormed the us embassy in tehran and held 52 us diplomats hostage. Students actions, failed rescue attempt by us military and inability of carter administration to negotiate release. Ronald reagan won presidential election in 1980: events like these began to shape american attitudes to iran and so-called. Formation of uninformed, provocative, one-dimensional image of the muslim world. Fear of an islamist revolution: soviet union deployed troops in afghanistan and in 1978 the marxist. People"s democratic party staged a coup to take power in kabul. Declaration of a new democratic republic of afghanistan. Taraki government faced the rising of anti-soviet mujahedeen resistance fighters.