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The Six-Day War: A Conflict in the Middle East
How the June 1967 war between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria began, how the fighting unfolded in six days, and which territories Israel gained.
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Middle East and World Events
War, revolution and upheaval beyond the United States.
The 1967 Hong Kong Riots: A Year of Protests
How a labour dispute in May 1967 grew into months of pro-communist unrest, bombings and strikes in British Hong Kong, and how the government responded.
The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Year Later
The Cuban Missile Crisis took place in October 1962, not 1963. It covers the discovery, the blockade, the Kennedy-Khrushchev bargain and its memory by 1967.
The Cultural Revolution in China: A Year of Turmoil
How Mao's Cultural Revolution, launched in 1966, reached its most chaotic point in 1967 with Red Guards, factional fighting and the January power seizures.
The Death of Che Guevara: A 1967 Icon Falls
Che Guevara's failed guerrilla campaign in Bolivia, his capture and execution in October 1967, and how his image became a global symbol of rebellion.
The Death of Che Guevara: A Symbol of Revolution
The Bolivian campaign of Che Guevara from November 1966, his capture at the Quebrada del Yuro on 8 October 1967 and his execution at La Higuera the next day.
The Death of Che Guevara: A Symbol of Revolutionary Spirit
How Che Guevara became an icon after October 1967: the Korda photograph, the posters, the display of his body, the Bolivian diary and his cult among students.
The Six-Day War: A Turning Point in Middle East History
What the Six-Day War changed: the Sinai, Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem and Golan captured on 5-10 June 1967, and the Arab Khartoum summit that followed.
The Soviet Union and the Six-Day War: A Clash of Interests
Moscow's role in the 1967 war: arming Egypt and Syria, rivalry with the United States, the hotline exchanges and the break in relations with Israel.
The Straits of Tiran Crisis of May 1967
How Nasser's moves in May 1967, from troop deployments to closing the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, pushed the Middle East towards war.
The USS Liberty Incident
The June 1967 Israeli attack on the American intelligence ship USS Liberty, the casualties, the official inquiries and the competing accounts of what happened.
UN Security Council Resolution 242
The November 1967 Security Council resolution that followed the Six-Day War: how it was drafted, what its wording says and why it still shapes diplomacy.
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