10 Suez Crisis

Question 1

What was Europe and Asia like after World War II?

Answer 1

Question 2

What did Anwar Sadat realize?

Answer 2

That Egypt’s wars with Israel were hurting Egypt.

Question 3

What did Sadat do?

Answer 3

He started an internal reform movement called:
Corrective Revolution

Question 4

What did it try to do?

Answer 4

Sideline Nassar-ists and Communists in the government and military.

Question 5

What was the culmination of this?

Answer 5

The Begin/Carter/Sadat agreement in 1975.

Question 6

What did he gain from this?

Answer 6

Economic support from the US.

Question 7

In the US, how did the Cold War get started?

Answer 7

The Truman Doctrine - containment of Soviet Union wherever possible.

Question 8

How did this start to effect the M/NA?

Answer 8

The Suez Crisis - 1956
[aka Second Arab-Israeli War]

Question 9

What was the result for Egypt?

Answer 9

A military dsaster but a political victory.

Question 10

How did the Soviets get involved?

Answer 10

They threatened to send troops to support the Nassar regime.

Soviet PM Bulganin

Question 11

What else did Bulganin do?

Answer 11

He threatened to attack, Britain, France and Israel if they didn’t withdraw.

Question 12

What worried Eisenhower?

Answer 12

Possible WWIII.

Question 13

So what did Eisenhower do?

Answer 13

Demanded B, F and I withdraw.

Question 14

What did B, F and I do?

Answer 14

Britain and France left, humiliating them.
Israel stayed until the following year.

Question 15

Who filled the power vacuum?

Answer 15

US
Offerred aid to any ME country threatened by military aggression.

Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 16

When was this offer first tested?

Answer 16

1958
Lebanon Pres. Camille Chamoun requested help.

Question 17

What was the problem?

Answer 17

Chamoun was pro-American and was worried the next election would go the other direction.

Question 18

What was Chamoun’s solution?

Answer 18

Change the constitution so he could run again.

Question 19

What would this have violated?

Answer 19

The National Pact - sharing among the 3 religions

Sunni, Shia and Christian

Question 20

What did the US do?

Answer 20

Didn’t support his running but provided military intervention for riots.

Even though there was no Connumist threat

Question 21

What was the US Intervention called?

Answer 21

Operation Blue Bat

Question 22

Did it work?

Answer 22

Yes and showed the Soviets that we were prepared to intervene.

Question 23

When did the North Yemen Civil War begin?

Answer 23

1962

Question 24

Did the US get involved?

Answer 24

No, but the Egyptians did and it became their VietNam

Question 25

What is a characteristic of the US-Soviet Cold War relationship?

Answer 25

Both avoided face-face confrontations.

Question 26

How did they do that?

Answer 26

Becoming involved in thrid party conflicts.

Question 27

What is the 1973 Arab-Israeli War aka?

Answer 27

Yom Kippur War
or
Ramadan War

Question 28

What provoked it?

Answer 28

Egypt and Syria crossing the borders set in the 1967 war.

Question 29

Where was it fought?

Answer 29

The Sinai, the Nile, the Golan Heights [Syrian]

Question 30

How close did the US and Soviets come during this war?

Answer 30

Both of their navies were there.

With nuclear-pewered submarines.

Question 31

How long did it last and how did it end?

Answer 31

2 weeks with a US-negotiated cease fire.

Question 32

What was the significant outcome for the US?

Answer 32

The Saudi Arabia Oil Embargo.

Question 33

How were the MidEast countries inclined in 1957?

Answer 33

Egypt, Syria, Algeria → Soviet
Morocco, Gulg Monarchies, Jordan, Iraq → US

Question 34

What happened in Iraq in 1958?

Answer 34

A coup

Question 35

What happened in Libya in 1969?

Answer 35

A coup.
King overthrown by Gaddafi.

Question 36

How did that change Libya loyalties?

Answer 36

More toward Soviet.