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1958 Jordan crisis
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2024) |
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The 1958 Jordan crisis (Arabic: أزمة الأردن في 1958) was an attempted coup against the regime of King Hussein during the summer of 1958 and immediately following the overthrow of the monarchy in Iraq on 14 July 1958.[1][2][3] It was allegedly organized by opposition forces supported by Syria and Egypt then forming a single entity known as the United Arab Republic (UAR).[4] It took place in the context of the Eisenhower Doctrine, by which the US had pledged to protect militarily the regimes in the Middle East sympathetic to it against any subversive and/or Communist activities. The doctrine had been activated in Lebanon by President Camille Chamoune as part of the 1958 Lebanese civil war and led to the landing of US Marines in Beirut. Similarly, Jordan had a British military landing around the same period (17 July 1958) to protect the Jordanian regime from being overthrown.
The coup date was allegedly set for the 17th of July. The coup attempt followed another alleged coup attempt in 1957 also orchestrated by the UAR.[1]
- ^ a b Tal, Lawrence (1995). "Britain and the Jordan Crisis of 1958". Middle Eastern Studies. 31 (1): 39–57. ISSN 0026-3206.
- ^ "Playing a weak hand well: Jordan's Hashemite kings and the United States". Brookings. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "The Middle East in 1958: Reimagining A Revolutionary Year | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs". www.belfercenter.org. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ Tal, Lawrence (2002), Tal, Lawrence (ed.), "The July Crisis", Politics, the Military and National Security in Jordan, 1955–1967, St Antony's Series, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 54–66, doi:10.1057/9780230513921_4, ISBN 978-0-230-51392-1, retrieved 2024-01-21
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