Word: revolutionism
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Shanghai, China Jan. 10, 1949 The cold, muddy waters of Shanghai's Soochow Creek teemed with thousands of Chinese junks and smaller sampans. Terrified refugees were preparing once more to flee before the surging tide of communism. Nevertheless, the great majority of Chinese were becoming more reconciled to the prospects...
The embassy takeover was not just a symbolic blow against the U.S. but also a power play in the struggle between radical Islamists and more moderate elements within the Iranian revolution, who were already reaching out to the U.S. To the Islamic students, any rapprochement with Washington was supping with...
The original plan had been to seize the embassy for just a few days and use it as a platform to broadcast Iranian grievances against the U.S. Those mostly stemmed from Washington's longtime support of the Shah, who had been placed on the Peacock Throne in 1953, after a...
Despite the students' conspiracy theories, Bowden says, the embassy actually housed just a few CIA officers, most of them new to the country and struggling to contact Iranians who could help them comprehend the shape-shifting revolution. Since none of them spoke Farsi, the American spies couldn't even read...
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