Compare and contrast: Egypt - Nasser & Cuba - Castro

Egypt - Nasser

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Nasser's foreign policy and the impact of the Cold War

(from 2:06 onwards)
What were the main goals of Nasser's foreign policy and how did he try to achieve them?
- Main events and issues?
- Relations with other countries?
a) The West and the East?
b) The Middle East?
- Methods: Aggression or cooperation?
- The role of ideology?
(Suez 1956 from 11 minutes)

School history book criticized over text on Cairo Fire

EgyptToday (2018)

Nasser’s speech to the Egyptian National Assembly

Letters between Nasser and Kennedy

The Egyptian Street

Abdel Nasser Speech After The War of 1956 (subtitled)

Tahia on his grandfather

Video [14 min]

The other side of Suez (BBC Documentary)

[58 min]

The Revolution and the Early Years of the New Government: 1952-56

Nasser’s short biography

Britannica

“Arab Socialism” and the Nasserite National Movement

’Fascism and Nasserism: Ideological Influence or Alternative Explanations?

Links to Nasser's speeches

Suez Crisis Part 2

EpicHistory [15 min]

Suez Crisis Part 1

EpicHistory [14 min]

Nasser - people’s pharaoh

EgyptToday: current News, articles on Nasser and his legacy

Gamal Abdel Nasser

New World Encyclopedia

Cuba - Castro

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Cuba is poor, but who should be blamed?

Castro archives

Castro biography

Che Guevara documentary

(20 min)

BBC Castro documentary

[58 min]
Castro's rise to power: from 4 to 21:40 min.

'23 July Revolution' in Egypt & 'Movimiento de 26 Julio' in Cuba

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Compare and contrast the significance of these events for Nasser's and Castro's rise to power.

('Movimiento de 26 Julio' = Attack on the Moncada Barracks)

1) Explain the main content of events.
2) What were the causes?
3) What were the consequences?
4) How successful were these actions?
5) Analyse from the perspective of change and continuation.

Nasser's and Castro's foreign policies

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Compare and contrast the impact of foreign policy on the consolidation and maintenance of power of two authoritarian states, each taken from a different region.

Evaluate the impact of Cold War tensions on two countries (excluding the USSR and the US).

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Domestic policies

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1) Castro: Watch the BBC documentary from 33 minutes until the end and make notes on these issues:
- domestic policies > social, economic and agrarian reforms (in textbook in pages 93-96)
- use of force/ treatment of opposition (in textbook in pages 87-89, 97-99)
- ideology, propaganda, cult of personality
+ foreign policy/ impact of the Cold War

The 'Special Period (in Time of Peace)' (1989-ca. 2000) was entered as a response to the impact of the collapse of the USSR (in textbook in pages 99-105).

2) Nasser: three groups
A. Agrarian policy (in textbook Pages 29-32): How successful were Nasser's agrarian reforms and what was their impact on his consolidation of power?
B. Economic policy and industralization (pages 33-35): How successful was Nasser's industrialization policy and to what extent could it be characterized as socialist?
C. Treatment of opposition (in textbook pages 24-25, 36-39): How significant was this for Nasser's consolidation of power?

Base on six key-terms!