Word: nationalist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...former ambassador to India called the immediate cessation of all hostilities against North Vietnam the "Obvious first step" in ending the conflict If the United States, now thought of as opposing the nationalist spirit that "has imbedded itself in our opponents," assumed a defensive role in Vietnam, the war could eventually be brought to a close, Galbraith said
...plenty of oil money to spend, and the unqualified cold-war backing of Washington, which saw him mainly as an anti-Communist with a long border with Russia. For ten unremarkable years, he lived in luxurious disdain of the welfare of his countrymen. Then along came a crusty old nationalist named Mohammed Mossadegh, who as Premier nearly overthrew the Shah in 1953 and, in the process, woke him up. "Suddenly, I realized that we were not only standing still but losing ground," says the Shah. "We had to develop...
...Suzman entered Parliament in 1953 after winning an uncontested seat as a member of the United Party--the official opposition to the government's Nationalist Party. During the following six years, she became increasingly disenchanted with her party's "opposition" to the blossoming racist regime. After attempting reform from within, Mrs. Suzman and 12 of her colleagues broke from the UP in 1959 and formed the Progressive Party. The subsequent elections in '61 were a disaster for the Progressive Party: only Mrs. Suzman survived, and since then she has remained the sole voice against apartheid...
...sultans, sheiks and emirs were all on the lam, and no one came to take their place. Nine of the 14 Cabinet members were abroad taking "health cures," talking with other Arab leaders or simply salting away their money in foreign banks. Four others were missing-either kidnaped by nationalist rebels or in hiding. That left Hussein Ali Bayoomi, the Information Minister, as almost the lone government official in the deserted federal capital of Al Ittihad. "The government is finished," said Bayoomi. "It is gone with the wind...
...There was no telling how long it would be before the wind blew in a new regime. British High Commissioner Sir Humphrey Trevelyan, after a quick trip to London for consultations, announced over Aden radio: "It is urgently necessary that a new government should take over. I recognize the nationalist forces as representatives of the people and am ready to enter into discussions immediately with them." The nationalist forces were too busy fighting each other to stop to talk to Sir Humphrey...