An unholy alliance is an unnatural, unusual, or unwanted alliance, sometimes between antagonistic parties. The term was used in 1855 for Western European alliances with the Ottoman Empire against the interests of Russia , Greece and the Balkans . [one]
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- 1 Use of the term
- 2 See also
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Use of the term
In 1912, American politician Theodore Roosevelt waged a campaign against the "invisible government," the "unholy alliance between corrupt businesses and corrupt politicians." [2]
In the context of World War II, expression is used to characterize the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact . [3]
The Republic of Biafra , which existed for a short time, referred to the alliance of Nigeria and Great Britain with the USSR as unholy. [four]
The expression is often used by African nationalists to describe the predominantly white governments of South Africa, 1961-1980, Rhodesia, and the Portuguese colonies. [5] [6] [7] In UN resolution 3151 G (XXVIII) of December 14, 1973, the UN General Assembly condemned the unholy alliance between the regime of South African apartheid and Zionism . [8]
See also
- Holy union
Notes
- ↑ William Giles Dix, The Unholy Alliance: An American View of the War in the East , NY: Charles B. Norton, 1855.
- ↑ Theodore Roosevelt. Progressive covenant with the people . The Library of Congress . Thomas Edison (August 1912). Date of treatment May 29, 2010.
- ↑ Geoffrey K. Roberts, The Unholy Alliance: Stalin's Pact with Hitler . Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989. Gerald Freund. Unholy Alliance: Russian-German Relations from the Treaty of Brest- Litovsk to the Treaty of Berlin . New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957.
- ↑ US State Dept
- ↑ African National Congress CEMENTING THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE: Archived December 1, 2008 at Wayback Machine STATEMENT IN THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID, MAY 18, 1965
- ↑ Eliakim M. Sibanda, The Zimbabwe African People's Union, 1961–87 , p. 128
- ↑ Tor Sellström, Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa , Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, p. 420
- ↑ Cited in the text of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 Archived December 6, 2012. . Resolution "3151 (XXVIII). Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa", December 14, 1973: http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/282/23/IMG/ NR028223.pdf Archived March 29, 2013 on Wayback Machine
Links
- African Union documents (link not available) . Date of treatment January 6, 2018. Archived February 22, 2012.