Imperialism in an International Context Flashcards
How much did the British receive in Marshall Aid?
$3.3 billion
Anglo-American Mutual Defence Agreement
1958 - American aid to develop Britain’s nuclear capacity
Formation of the South East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO)
1954 - need for an American led protective alliance in that area (Empire/Britain = no longer enough)
American State Department official paper outlined support for making colonies independent
1942
Pentagon fact undermining supposed American anti-imperialism
Up until 1963, Pentagon rejected the British plan of independence for the British Pacific Islands, believing them to be useful for communications and missile testing
Indian Ocean fact undermining supposed American anti-imperialism
1965 - Britain created a new colonial territory (the British Indian Ocean Territory) as an American military base
USA and Australia signed a pact to protect each other from hostilities in the Pacific
1951 - pact excluded Britain - hangover from their feeling of betrayal over the fall of Singapore
De Gaulle abandoned French imperial claims in West and Equatorial Africa
1960
Belgium withdrew from the Congo originally
1960
‘Africa Year’
1960 - 16 newly independent African states were accepted into the UN - emblematic of waning sympathy for Empire
Congo Crisis
1960-65
Radical nationalists vied for Soviet support, while pro-Western provinces attempted to secede from the Congo and bloody civil war erupted (Belgian troops were forced to return and restore order)
Algerian War
1954-62
Eisenhower Doctrine
Made up to $200 million of aid a year available to the Middle East from 1957
Why did America want the British to hold onto HK?
For intelligence on China
Aden fact undermining supposed American anti-imperialism
Americans wanted the British to hold onto Aden but were unable to prevent them from withdrawing in 1967
