Word: revolutionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In Iran, similarly, the Khomeini revolution continued to lurch along unpredictable paths, with the U.S. acting largely as a bystander. Leftist gunmen kidnaped and then freed a wounded U.S. Marine embassy guard. American civilians continued their airborne exodus. Sure of its case, the U.S. did respond more firmly than it...
Contemporary events offer a constant workout for the enterprising historian. American installations and American arms have bulked large in the modernization program for Iran in recent decades, but the program has been unexpectedly upset by a social revolution in a religious form. Meanwhile, after thirty years of estrangement, American business...
Teng Hsiao-p'ing (Deng Xiao ping) is no Shah and undoubtedly knows as much about villages and villagers as he knows about cities and technicians. The cult of Mao in its day had religious overtones, but the Chinese people on the whole seem capable of seeking happiness without benefit...
The question for Americans that emerges from any comparison of Iran and China is whether we can learn from experience. One can assume that the American approaches to China and to Iran will be a good deal more similar than the conditions in those two very different countries. For example...
Despite moments of political instability that included two bloodless military coups (in 1960 and 1971), Turkey has a functioning parliamentary democracy that provides a valuable safety valve for venting popular discontent. The people can vote out a regime that they do not like. Says Orhan Kologlu, a spokesman for Premier...