The Muslim Brotherhood and the West : a history of enmity and engagement / Martyn Frampton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frampton, Martyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ikhwān al-Muslimūn.

International relations.

Arab countries--Foreign relations--United States.

Arab countries.

United States.

Arab countries--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

United States--Foreign relations--Arab countries.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Arab countries.

Great Britain.

Islam and politics.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

ix, 661 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This book examines the history of the relationship between the world's largest and most influential Islamist organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the western powers that have dominated the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the United States.It examines the relationship that has existed in the shadows of public attention and scholarly interest; where it has been considered, this subject has been dominated by conspiracy theory and hyperbole. By contrast, this book draws on the memoirs and publications of the Brotherhood (in both Arabic and English), as well as extensive archival research in both London and Washington to offer an in-depth understanding of how relations between this movement and the West have oscillated between a posture of enmity (on both sides), to moments when engagement has been contemplated and occasionally attempted. In the process, the book offers an important new perspective on the history of the Brotherhood, in particular highlighting the centrality of ideas about 'the West' to the group's worldview. At the same time, the book offers fresh insight into the nature of Anglo-American foreign policy making in the Middle East over the course of the twentieth century.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part One. Origins and first encounters, 1928-1939

Wartime liaisons, 1940-1944

Best of enemies, 1944-1949

The war of the canal zone, 1950-1952

Part Two. The upheavals of revolution, 1952-1954

In the age of Nasser, 1955-1970

Reassessments amidst the "fundamentalist" revival, 1970-1989

Blurred lines and new agendas, 1989-2010.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674970700

0674970705

OCLC:

1003268909