HST 604 Lecture 7: HST604 Module 7
5 May 2020
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Coldwar in the middle east africa conflicts intensified entire world wanted control over geostrategic area. Decolonization of middle east crisis in azerbaijan dardanelles. Washington 1moscowplansforregio needfor selfrule evident by wwii west overthrew gov"s ousted leaders andbritishinsighted9 all worrdsleaderswantedcontrolof oil. Iran s 1953 america coup to overthrow mohammedmasadegh. I contributed to growthof militant islam iran iraq war canonsrevoked. Zionism the dream of establishinghomelandfor jews inbiblical landof. Theodor herzl believed theonlyway tosafeguard jews futurewas to createtheir own state. Balfour declaration pledged to create nationalhomeforjews inpalestine contradicted previous promisesmade to arabs bythe 1920 s jewishimmigration was increasing rapidly growingtensions w jews and arabs who did not welcome them. Londons withdrauel led to a war b wjewsandcrabs conflict only lasted 4 weeks israel increased size by 43 created a lasting palestinianrefugeeproblem dicinity in arabmiddleeas. Israeli aligned wl west democracy intheeast foreignamericanpolicy fundamentalpillar of. Suez canal crisis to of this vital waterway. Britain france aligned w israel to launchattack to take it back.
