Pan-Arabism before Nasser : Egyptian power politics and the Palestine question /

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Author / Creator:Doran, Michael Scott, 1962-
Imprint:New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description:1 online resource (x, 230 pages)
Language:English
Series:Studies in Middle Eastern history
Studies in Middle Eastern history.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11159565
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ISBN:9780195352528
0195352521
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: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 a.
Other form:Print version: Doran, Michael Scott, 1962- Pan-Arabism before Nasser. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999