Mao used terror and repression constantly in the years from 1949 to 1953‚ however there were also other methods which he used to consolidate his power‚ and it is hard to decide whether both methods were equally successful or whether one of them was vital to the survival of the communist party with Mao as its dictator. Mao used terror and repression most notably to eliminate political threats to his power. The best examples of this are the purges of the CCP‚ including those of Gao Gang and Rao Shushi
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How far do you agree with the view that superpower misjudgements account for the development of the Cold War in the years 1945-1948? It is reasonable to suggest that it was indeed superpower misjudgements that led to developments in the Cold War in the the years 1945-1948‚ as it is suggested in both source 7 and source 8‚ however other factors may be more prominent than the misjudgements of the superpowers‚ such as the legacy left by World War 2‚ as it is suggested in source 9. The suggestion of
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For 60 years and counting‚ the United States and Iran have had a very turbulent relationship. From a coup d’état performed by the United States and Britain to an Iranian Revolution‚ this is a seesaw of tensions by frenemies America and Iran. Since the 1950s‚ both nations have had tricky issues revolving around Operation Ajax and the U.S Embassy Hostage Crisis. Operation Ajax was started by the overthrow of Iran’s democracy in 1953 due to Great Britain and the United States involvement. This joint
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Iran hostage crisis The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two US citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4‚ 1979 to January 20‚ 1981‚ after a group of Islamic students and militants took over the Embassy of the United States in support of the Iranian Revolution. Sixty-six Americans were taken captive when Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4‚ 1979‚ including three who were at the Iranian Foreign Ministry
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The screening began with a brief discussion by Guilan Siassi‚ a language professor at USC. She provided historical backstory for the film‚ mentioning specifically the 1953 coup (which I will discuss later) in Iran. Siassi also explained that the film‚ an adaptation of Shahrnush Parsipur’s novel of the same name‚ was made in the magical realist style‚ which has a strong historical component and presumes that viewers have a bond with the history and culture of the characters in any given picture.
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weakened rather than strengthened American security.” Through three specific instances of American-sponsored “regime change” operations‚ including the Iranian Coup of 1953‚ the Guatemalan Coup of 1954‚ and the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980’s‚ it is evident that US foreign intervention caused more harm than good. First‚ the Iranian Coup of 1953 is an example of an American-sponsored “regime change” operation that weakened national
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and they were victories in their fight to force the French out of their country. While it may seem that this is solely a European problem based on the past two example the United States was no saint either. The United States is famous for staging coups and propping up dictators in foreign countries specifically in Latin America but they
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in the role of regional policeman.” In modern day‚ even without the threat of communism the United States felt like it needed to contain the chaos in Iraq and Iran that they had caused. Not only did this stir up the anger in the Middle East‚ it resulted in more hatred for the overinvolvement of the United States. Bruce Laingen‚ during the Iran hostage crisis had an experience in which‚ “after he had spent more than a year as a hostage‚ one of his captors visited him in his solitary cell. Laingen exploded
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on the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Iran (I couldn’t think of anything funny‚ so here is some work form my undergraduate years): The aim of this essay is to examine the factors that significantly contributed to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Iran‚ which culminated in the revolutionary overthrow of the Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi on January 16th‚ 1979‚ and the creation of the world’s first modern Islamic nation-state‚ the Islamic Republic of Iran. The overthrow of the Pahlavi monarch shocked
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three big authority were controlling the Middle East. These were Egypt‚ Ottoman Empire and Iran. After the peace treaties and establishing mandates a new state system emerged. And this let division of Ottoman Empire to 6 different states. These are Republic of Turkey‚ Syria‚ Lebanon‚ Palestine‚ Iraq and Jordan. There were also another states like Saudi Arabia and Yemen. In the interwar era only Turkey‚ Iran Saudi Arabia and Yemen could use thier independencies. Only Turkey was able to pursuit its
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