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

by Michael Doran

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195123611
• ISBN13: 9780195123616
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"