Pan-Arabism Before Nasser - Egyptian Power Politics and the Palestine Question

Zusatztext hailed as a pioneering work of revisionist history Informationen zum Autor Michael Doran is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Central Florida. Klappentext This book aims to alter profoundly the accepted version of the history of post-World War II Egyptian foreign policy. To this end, Doran convincingly demonstrates the absence of any true pan-Arab front from the very beginning of the Arab League. Reconsidering Cairo's policy decisions during the critical years from 1944 to 1948, he proves that Egyptian national interests were always placed before the united Arab front against Israel. Even while participating in the 1948 war with Israel, Egypt regarded Zionism and the Palestine Question as less important than achieving independence from Britain and thwarting the expansionist aims of Iraq and Jordan. Ultimately, this study is a bold rethinking of twentieth-century Middle Eastern politics and history, with key implications for both the study of the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict and the volatile politics of the Middle East in general. Zusammenfassung Aiming to alter the accepted history of post-World War II Pan-Arabic foreign policy, the author demonstrates the absence of any true pan-Arabic front from the very beginning of the Arab League. He shows that Egyptian national interests were always placed before the united Arab front against Israel.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Doran, Michael (Associate Professor of Near Easter Doran, Michael (Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies Doran, Michael S. Doran, Michael Scott Doran
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.1999
• EAN: 9780195123616
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512361-6
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Studies in Middle Eastern History; Studies in Middle Eastern Hist; Studies in Middle Eastern History; Studies in Middle Eastern Hist
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Egypt, HISTORY / Africa / North, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, International Relations, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Middle Eastern history, Arabian Peninsula, African History, C 1945 To C 1960, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt