Nasser's blessed movement : Egypt's free officers and the July revolution / Joel Gordon ; with a new preface.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Joel (Joel S.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--Politics and government--1952-1970.

Egypt.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xvii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

New paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2016.

Summary:

Under Gamal Abdel Nasser, the military regime that came to power in Egypt through the Free Officers' coup of 1952 launched ambitious program of political social, and economic reform. Egypt became a leader in Arab and non-aligned politics, as well as a model for political mobilization and national development through - out the Third World. Although Nasser exerted considerable personal influence the course of events, his rise as a national and regional heroin the mid-1950s preceded by a period in which he and his colleagues groped for direction, and in which many Egyptians disliked-even feared-them Joel Gordon analyzes the goals, programs, successes, and failures of the young regime, to show how the officers' belief in a quick reformation by force was transformed into a vital, long-term process that changed the face of the country. This edition includes a new Preface that looks back at the post-1952 period from a post-2011 perspective. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 "A Country of Failure" 14

2 "The People's Army" 39

3 "Revolutionary Jurisprudence" 58

4 "Lift Up Your Head" 79

5 "The Great Deception" 92

6 "The Secret of the Nine" 109

7 "A Revolutionary. Not a Politician" 127

8 "Stability, in Whatever Guise" 144

9 "Fondest Hopes of the West" 157

10 "Each of You Shall Be Gamal" 175.

Notes:

"First published by Oxford University Press in 1992, and in paperback by the American University in Cairo Press in 1996"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index.

ISBN:

9789774167782

9774167783

OCLC:

945950329

Publisher Number:

99969661935