America and the Third World

What dictators did USA back in Latin America?

Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay, Batista of Cuba

What happened when Castro overthrew Batista in 1959?

US boycotted Cuba, they turned to Soviet union for help, CIA began planning to unseat him.

Why did the US cancel loans to finance the aswan dam?

Nasser took over egypt and started expanding it by relying on communist china and czechoslovakia

What happened to the suez canal?

it was nationalized by Nasser and then reclaimed by the British through its forces with France and Israel

why was britain a problem in european spheres of influence?

they were using military force in Eastern Europe putting the US in a tough situation so the US threatened to destabilize Britain’s currency

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

the 1957 pledge to help defend middle eastern countries from physical threats from any communist organizations in response to nasserism

what did the CIA do in indonesia

try to help unseat Sukarno, which failed

Patrice lumumba

Blacknationalist in the congo who the CIA was trying to assassinate

What was the situation with Indochina?

Ho Chi minh won against france and it was now split into laos, cambodia, and vietam, which was split into north and south because of the geneva peace accords

What did the us government fear would happen in vietnam?

a communist nationalist civtory would set off a chain and spread communistm in southeast asia (domino theory)

What did Lansdale try do in Vietnam but failed?

created a pro-US government in South vietnam under Ngo Dinh Diem to unite the north and south under one anti-communist government

How did Diem do in Vietnam?

relied too much on the US for support and became increasingly corrupt and isolated from the people

What was the National Liberation Front

groups that resented diem and south vietnam and its dependence on the US

Why were Eisenhowers policies in Indochina not so great

lack of clarity becuase he was against us military involvement but sent so much aid there and just never clarified what was meant to happen