Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East

by Fawaz A. Gerges

Book Overview

How the conflict between political Islamists and secular-leaning nationalists has shaped the modern Middle East

In Making the Arab World, Fawaz Gerges, one of the world's leading authorities on the Middle East, describes how the clash between pan-Arab nationalism and pan-Islamism has shaped the history of the region from the 1920s to the present. He tells this story through an unprecedented dual biography of Egyptian president...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069119646X
• ISBN13: 9780691196466
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.8"