Corrective Move
| 1968 South Yemen coup d'état | |||||||
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| Part of the Arab Cold War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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 Egypt |
 Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Qahtan al-ShaabiPresident of South Yemen Faysal al-ShaabiPrime Minister of South Yemen |
 Abd al-Fattah Ismail Salim Rubai Ali | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| No deaths | |||||||
The Corrective Move[2][3] (Arabic: الحركة التصحيحية, romanized: al-ḥaraka at-taṣḥīḥiyya), officially referred to as the "Glorious Corrective Move"[4][5] and often referred to as the "Corrective Step", Happened after the takeover of the Yemeni Unified Nationalist Front Political Organization (UNFPO) by the Marxist faction led by Abdel Fattah Ismail and Salim Rubai Ali, in an internal bloodless coup on 14 May 1968 that overthrew the Nasserist President Qahtan al-Shaabi.[3][6] The Marxist takeover later led to the creation of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), and South Yemen's transformation into a socialist state.
Background
[edit]Initially, right-wing elements in the ruling UNFPO Party carried out a coup in March 1968, leading to their temporary dominance.[6] However, this was followed by a counter-coup on 14 May 1968, led by left-wingers, notably Abdel Fattah Ismail and Salem Robaya Ali.[6] The corrective move aimed "to restore the revolution to its correct course", which was aligned with socialism through Marxism, and was significantly influenced by the Soviet Union.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Halliday, Fred (April 1985). Aspects of South Yemen's foreign policy, 1967-1982 (Thesis).
- ^ Halliday, Fred (April 1985). Aspects of South Yemen's foreign policy, 1967-1982 (Thesis).
- ^ a b Burrowes, R.D. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Scarecrow Press. p. 390. ISBN 9780810855281. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ^ Brehony, N. (2013). Yemen Divided: The Story of a Failed State in South Arabia. I. B. Tauris. p. 45. ISBN 9781780764917. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ^ Müller, Miriam M. (2015), "Phase II: The Phase of Establishment and Expansion 1969 to 1978 Incorporating Marxism-Leninism into a Tribal Society", A Spectre is Haunting Arabia, How the Germans Brought Their Communism to Yemen, transcript Verlag, pp. 265–296, ISBN 978-3-8376-3225-5, retrieved 2024-12-31
- ^ a b c d Mehra, R. N. (1978). "Democratic Yemen (south Yemen) Under Marxist Rule (1968-1978)-a Case Study". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 39: 895–901. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44139436.
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