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...organized in 1932 to oppose the Machado regime, and reformed in 1952 to aid in the overthrow of Batista. The hotbed of Directorate activity was the University of Havana, and students there engaged in terrorism and acts of sabotage. Many students, however, left the University to join the 26th of July Movement operating in the hills of Oriente Province...
...Imam had died in the ruins, but belatedly they learned that Badr had escaped, reportedly disguised as a Bedouin woman, and made his way to the safety of Saudi Arabia, whose King Saud, together with Jordan's King Hussein, pledged men, money and munitions to the overthrow of Sallal...
Plotting Ward Heelers. There is scarcely a patriotic military man to be found in Seven Days in May. They are all engaged in a plot to overthrow the President because he has negotiated a disarmament treaty with Russia. Chief conspirator is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General James Scott, who combines Eisenhower's charm with MacArthur's hauteur. Knebel-Bailey save the country from the conspirators, but they might as well have let the military take over, considering that the political savvy of their top politicos is somewhere below the ward heeler level. The Vice...
...intended as a "commentary" on U.S. relations with Castro, and added: "On the other hand, without trying to be presumptuous, I hope to contribute something to the lessening of tension between the United States and Cuba." But Ben Bella's Foreign Minister later declared that any attempt to overthrow the regime "chosen" by the Cuban people would be a "threat to peace." In part, the Algerians insisted, their position is based on the fact that during the struggle with France, the U.S. supplied the French army with bombers, guns and ammunition used against the Algerian rebels, while Castro...
...elections in 1848 resulted in the seizure of power by Bonaparte's nephew, Louis Napoleon. A motion of censure was passed, charging De Gaulle with "violating the constitution of which he is the guardian, and thus opening a breach through which an adventurer might some day pass to overthrow the Republic and suppress liberty...