The Baghdad Pact was a Western attempt to form a Middle Eastern alliance to oppose Soviet influence and Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egypt, and Jordan found itself in the middle of Cold War tensions.
The Baghdad Pact was a Western attempt to form a Middle Eastern alliance to oppose Soviet influence. The Baghdad Pact was a Western attempt to form a Middle Eastern alliance to oppose Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egypt. Jordan found itself in the middle of Cold War tensions.