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coldwar essay. Relations Between the US and Italy Between 1952-1954
“The Communist Problem” The “cold war” loss of Italy ...
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Relations Between the US and Italy Between 1952-1954
“The Communist Problem”
The “cold war” loss of Italy to Communist control would result in profound political, psychological and military damage to the free world (p.1567)
Draft Statement of Policy by The Planning Board
of The National Security Council
After the end of World War II the United States embarked on years of an uneasy alliance with Italy. The recovering Italian Fascist government was highly unstable and looked as though it could fall into Communist hands at any moment. The United States through mostly financial means chose to support the Christian Democratic Party in hopes of squelching public support for the fairly popular Communist factions within the country. I believe that the United States government’s involvement in Italy was a result of US fears that a Communist government could succeed in Italy and the US’s refusal to allow that happen. “The rancor and irritation against the US expressed by many Italian sources spring from an Italian awareness that noncommunist leaders are caught in a tough political dilemma, created by consistent American vis a vis Russia, and Italy’s growing desire to coexist with the USSR”(P.1627)as stated in a memo from Ambassador in Italy Luce to the Department of State in August of 1953. Through an incredible balancing act it would seem as though Italy was a country that sought, and succeeded to an extent, to carry out relations with both The United States and The Soviet Union at the same time walking a delicate tight rope between the two rival superpowers. What follows is a general survey of the foreign relations of the United States and Italy between the years of 1952 and 1954, as Italy attempted to to juggle support from its two largest allies and the US attempted to put an end to the “Red Menace” within the Italian political system.
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