Egypt and the Arabs: Foreign Policy and the Search for National Identity

ISBN-13: 9780367012229 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 200 str.

Joseph P. Lorenz

Opis

In this book, a career Foreign Service officer examines the changes that are taking place in Egyptian attitudes and policies toward the Arab world from three perspectives - the ways in which Egypt pursued its regional interests under Nasser and Sadat, the policy constraints imposed by political, economic and social forces within Egypt, and the dynamics of Egyptian-Arab relations since the October War.

Spis treści

The geographic and historic setting; Egypt responds to the West - Pan-Islam, Egyptian nationalism and Arabism; Nasser and the rise of Arab nationalism in Egypt; Sadat and his early foreign policy; the October War and its aftermath; oil diplomacy and Arab reconciliation; eight players in search of a peace conference - the Geneva preparations of 1977; the road to Jerusalem; Camp David and its consequences; the making of a new Arab coalition; foreign policy and the search for national identity; Arab politics and the peace process.

O autorze

Joseph P Lorenz (Author)