thesis/context

• mention asia -→ destablized

doc 1

• korean war

• warsaw pact

• disability

• docs organized chronologically

doc 2

• memo → statement of fact eveyrone needs to know

  • assitant has too

• opinion of sec of state →

• already know mosaddegh overthrown

  • destablize democratic elected

• british involved

  • south asia poltics

  • oil → british oil stolen from Iran

    • in Iran

  • gov says no → overthrow gov doesn’t like

    • imperialism <- after ww2 decolonization took place (regardless of com/cap

      • going to say communism → actually nationalism

• warm water port + close → Russia want

• afghanistan also in dbq → ties together

  • similarities

• says weak → we made weak

  • asterisks → important info

• project → overthrowing government

  • hadn’t even made settlement

  • so easy can overthrow it in other place

doc 3

• liberating malaysia as a naition (see as nationalists)

  • see as nationalist

• british in charge of malaysia

  • fighting for 5-6 years

• freedom of speech/assemblly doen

  • deranged

  • shoot shoot back

• wpc in vienna → trying to stablize (british still trying to hold onto empire)

• british worried → chinese population (communist)

  • korea war since versus chinese

  • both chinese + british destabilizing (malaysia destabliing)

doc 4

• dwight eishenhower → gen ww2 → old → kennedy

  • kennedy assitnated (have to deal) → LBJ has to deal with it

• can’t say vietnam

• can’t say communist (challenged by communists)

• authoritiarian → own millitary doesn’t like

  • diem is assinated → destabilized

    • US believes a little american in inside every vietnatmese

      • modern imperialism

• no status quo

• buddhist monk light fire

  • PERSUCTION by catholic

• communists benefit → Vietnamese + US suffer

  • not recover

doc 5

• invaded soviet troops into afghansitan

  • realized bad idea one year later

  • not going to get out 10 years later →

    • 20 years later stay in

• more invade → more afghans hate US

• capitalists loko god

  • ronald regan says going to destroy ussr

    • long run ussr dies

doc 6

• tianmen square massacure

• supreme leader of com party speaking

• imperialism → western forces coming in + deng xiaoping also coming

  • chinese want to be free

• englihtment → can rebel if not free

  • irony is asians doing european ideals → saying not since losign money

doc 7

• vicotry carpet

• is in englihs

  • america aiding taliban

• tanks invading getting blown up

  • leaving

• 1990 uSSR collasping

  • afghanistans say stabiliyt → taliban say stablisze