What happened in guatemala in 1954

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1. George Kennan devised the strategy of "Containment." Fully describe and discuss Kennan's strategy and the reasoning and logic of this strategy. Using the cases studied so far--which cases "fit" this strategy of containment? How? Which did not? Why? Please be sure to discuss explicitly what logic and reasoning Kennan argues about the USA intervening in developing nations.

2. Explain how and why the CIA was created. What are CIA "operations"? Were CIA "covert actions" necessary for US security in the cases we have studied? Can you discuss if these CIA operations are legal or constitutional? Are the operations we have studied so far good foreign policy? Discuss and evaluate the CIA's activities as much as you (based on the cases we have studied so far).

3. What happened in Iran in 1953? How can this case be argued to be about fighting communism? What are the best, most convincing, arguments or evidence that this case was about fighting communism. Was this intervention about oil? How does the "oil argument" work, and what is the best evidence to support this theory? What evidence goes against each of these theories? Explain the intervention and the specific evidence for and against each of these theories. Who was Kermit Roosevelt? Provide clear details about this case.

4. What happened in Guatemala in 1954? Explain precisely what happened andexplain the evidence for and against TWO theories for this case (Anti-Communism vseconomic motives). Discuss Philip Roettinger. Discuss Edward Bernays. Give detailsfrom the reading.

5. Who was Cheddi Jagan? Was he a communist threat? Was he a security threat to the USA? What type of threat did he pose? Explain the evidence for and against two leading theories of WHY the USA intervened in British Guiana. What role did the AFL- CIO play? Discuss.

6. What happened at the "Bay of Pigs?" Explain this case in detail and assess two theories in this case. How and why did Kennedy order this intervention? Was it for national security? Fighting communism? Economics?

7. What is COIN, or counter-insurgency strategy? How is it different from Kennan's Containment strategy? Why was it adopted under President Kennedy? How was it supposed to work? Discuss in detail how it was implemented in Vietnam. What were the reasons this strategy did not work in Vietnam?

8. Describe the CIA intervention in Laos. What happened? Why did it happen? Who was Bill Lair? What did he do? Evaluate two competing theories of why this intervention happened as it did.

9. Discuss the USA intervention in Cambodia. What happened? Why did it happen? Assess two theories as much as you can. Precisely explain how this intervention was rooted in American domestic politics. How and why did the USA end up backing the Khmer Rouge until 1993? What about the Killing Fields?

10. Who was Kwame Nkrumah? Who was Patrice Lumumba? What did the USA do in relation to each of them. Please evaluate two theories in detail for one of these cases.

11. Is Henry Kissinger a war criminal? Discuss Henry Kissinger's role in the overthrow of Allende in Chile. Was this intervention about fighting communism? Evaluate this theory, and one other theory in detail. Should U.S. leaders be immune from prosecution for such activities at the ICC? Should the USA join the world at the InternationalCriminal Court and allow it to decide if US leaders are war criminals? Discuss.

12. If the USA stands for "human rights" it loses "control." Discuss Jimmy Carter and human rights, and this problem of "losing control." What LOGIC would Kennan use to figure out what the USA should do?

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