Transcript Chapter 39
Chapter 39 The End of Empire 1 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Decolonization in Asia 2 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. India The Jewel of the Crown Legacy of British colonialism Deep division between Hindus, Muslims Role of Mohandas Ghandi 3 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. “Vivisection” of India (Ghandi) Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Muslim League Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress Party 1947 partition 500,000 killed 10 million refugees India moves toward nonalignment position The “third path” 4 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Muslims leave India, 1947 5 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Nationalist Struggles in Vietnam French reassert control after WW II Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Communist leader mounts guerilla war, defeats France in 1954 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel Civil war between north (Communist) and south President Lyndon Johnson (1908-1973) begins increasing US involvement 6 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Vietnamese Protest French Occupation 7 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. The Issue of Palestine After World War II, Arab states increasingly gain independence Palestine ruled by Great Britain between the wars Proclaims support for Jewish “homeland” in Palestine (Balfour Declaration, 1917) Growing Jewish immigration from Europe from 1880s Arab protests in 1920s and 1930s 8 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Demonstration against the Balfour Declaration 9 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Creation of the State of Israel Jewish, Arab pressure drives British to hand Palestine over to United Nations for a resolution Partition Plan of 1947 divides Palestine into seven regions: 3 Jewish, 3 Arab, Jerusalem internationalized May 1948 Jews declare independence of State of Israel Arab states invade, Israel successfully defends itself 10 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. The Six-Day War (June 1967) Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt, 1918-1970) takes leadership position in Arab world Attempts to block Suez traffic, conflict with Israel Views Israel as imperialist creation Threatens invasion of Israel in 1967, Israel launches hugely successful pre-emptive strike Conquers and annexes East Jerusalem, Golan Heights Conquers Sinai Desert, returned to Egypt after peace treaty signed Conquers Gaza Strip and West Bank, status unresolved 11 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1949-1982 12 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Decolonization in Africa (date is year of independence) 13 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Decolonization in Africa 19th century “scramble for Africa” Legacy of colonial competition Internal divisions Tribal Ethnic Linguistic religious 14 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. France and North Africa Abandonment of most territories 1956 Morocco and Tunisia gain independence, 13 other colonies in 1960 But determination to retain Algeria Longer period of French colonization 2 million French citizens born or settled in Algeria by WW II 15 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Algerian War of Liberation 1954 Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) begins guerilla warfare against France Simmering conflict since French massacre in Sétif, 1945 500,000 French soldiers in war by 1958 War ends with Algerian independence in 1962 Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), manifesto against colonial rule---supports violence against colonial oppressors as a way to overcome racist degradation 16 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Négritude: “Blackness” Influence of “black is beautiful” from USA Revolt against white colonial values, reaffirmation of African civilization Connection with socialism, Communism Geopolitical implications---Pan African Movement 17 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Afrocentrism Ghana is first African nation to become independent 1957 Honor pre-colonial past--Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe Kwame Nkrumah, leader of Ghana Celebrated visit of Queen Elizabeth II in 1961, affirmation of Ghanese independence and equality Many African nations follow 18 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Kwame Nkrumah leading Independence Celebrations 19 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Kenya Kikuyu ethnic group begins attacks on British and “collaborationist” Africans, 1947 Resented British removal of Kikuyu farmers from their land 1952 state of emergency declared Mau Mau--Subversives British attempt to suppress Kenyan Nationalists ---Jomo Kenyatta Overwhelming British military response, 12,000 Africans killed vs. 100 Europeans Bloody, but negotiated withdrawal, independence 1962 20 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Post-Independence Difficulties Pax Romana of European colonists Civil wars in Rwanda, Burundi, Angola Economic hardship Instability of democratic regimes 21 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Tarnishing of Independence Decline of democratic regimes, rise of dictatorships Partial reflection of artificial European boundaries Political immaturity of colonies 22 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Communism and Democracy in China Massive, pervasive policies of economic and cultural engineering--unification of China Great Leap Forward (1958-1961) Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Both huge failures Deng Xiaopeng (1904-1997) comes to power in 1981, moderates Maoism Tiananmen Square pro-democracy rallies nevertheless subdued, 1989 23 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Indian Democracy Indian democracy flourishes under Indira Ghandi (1917-1984) Daughter of Nehru, no relationship to Mohandas “Green Revolution” increases agricultural yields Repressive policies to slow population growth, including forced sterilization Assassinated by Sikh bodyguards after attack on Sikh extremists in Amritsar, 1984 24 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Muslim Revival and Arab Disunity Cold war splits Arab-Muslim world Israel defeats Egypt and Syria in ArabIsraeli(1967) & Yom Kippur (1973) wars Attacked on Jewish holy day Anwar Sadat (Egypt, 1918-1981) negotiates peace treaty with Israel Assassinated 1981 by Muslim extremists Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) ---Yasser Arafat--head of Palestinian gov’t in exile Violent conflict btwn Israel & PLO 1990s 25 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Movements toward Peace in the Middle East Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995) signs peace accord with Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat (1929-2004) Yitzhak Rabin assassinated by Jewish extremist Creation of Palestine Authority in West Bank and Gaza 26 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Islamism Muslims increasingly regard America in negative terms, move towards radicalism Jihad: holy war CIA support of Iranian Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980), overthrown in Iranian Revolution of 1979 Led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Held U.S. diplomats hostage for two years Shut down US facilities, confiscated economic ventures 27 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Blindfolded U.S. Diplomats 28 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) Arab vs. Persian----Sunni vs Shiite Saddam Hussein (Iraq, 1937-2003) uses oil, US support to build huge military machine Attacks Iran, 1980 Massive destruction, ends in stalemate Hussein attacks Kuwait, provokes Gulf War (1991) US-led coalition drives him out, imposes sanctions President George W. Bush (1946- ) attacks in search of Weapons of Mass Destruction, 2003, occupies Iraq--post World Trade Center--War on Terror 29 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Developments in Latin America Mexico: failed attempts to redistribute land--Mexican peasants continually oppressed Argentina: military dominate politics Juan Perón (1895-1974) elected president, 1946 Wife Eva (Evita) especially popular (1919-1952) War against subversives --1976-1983 23 thousand disappear Guatemala and Nicaragua: US intervention as local governments attempt to control US economic interests-result in civil war Jimmy Carter ---Panama Canal Treaty 1979 Under Reagan, US supports anti-communist Contra forces Liberation Theology ---Archbishop Oscar Romero Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 30 Establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Formed 1962 Declared boundaries permanent Despite arbitrary nature, necessary to forestall conflicts Promotion of Pan-Africanism Failure to prevent ethnic strife, even Nkrumah deposed 1966 31 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. South Africa Apartheid (1948) 87% of territory for whites Division of Africans into tribes, settlement in “homelands” African National Congress publishes Freedom Charter (1955) Sharpeville Massacre Repression of ANC causes worldwide ostracism of SA 32 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Nelson Mandela 33 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Dismantling of Apartheid Release of Nelson Mandela, 1990 Negotiation of end of white minority rule 1994 elections bring ANC to power Relatively calm transition to democratic society Strength of SA economy Truth and Reconciliation Commission 34 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. Rwanda: Perils of Ethnicity Characteristic of ethnic divisions in African societies Civil war in 1994 after moderate President killed Hutu extremists vs. Tutsis, Hutu moderates Nearly 1m killed 35 Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display.