America’s position on Soviet influence in Iraq (1969-1974)

Abstract

The Soviet increasing hegemony in Iraq after the second coup d’état of Baa’th party in 1968, pushed the Americans to interfere more in domestic politics in Iraq. As the Americans considered that as a threat against their interest. The US implemented some strategies in order to counter the Soviet threat such as; reducing and confronting the Soviet hegemony in Iraq, and weakening the Baa’th party authority in Iraq. For that reason, the Kurdish factor was used against the both sides in order to weaken their position. The research methodology of this paper is historical analyses. The content is consists of five chapters, the first chapter deals with the Baa’th coup d’état between the Soviet hegemony and US reaction, the second provided the foundation of Iraqi-Kurdish peace deal in the era of Soviet-US rivalry, while the third chapter focuses on the US foreign policy towards Iraqi-Soviet friendship agreement in April 9th of 1972, the fourth chapter is about the nationalization of Iraqi oil and the liberation front of Iraq in Soviet US conflict, and finally, chapter fife discusses the Soviet factor in the US backing the Kurdish revolution in 1972-1974, in conclusion the findings are explained.