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.

Islam and politics.

Arab countries--Foreign relations--United States.

Arab countries.

Arab countries--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

United States--Foreign relations--Arab countries.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (662 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

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:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on Transliteration and Spelling

Introduction

PART I. In the Shadow of Empire

Origins and First Encounters 1928–1939

Wartime Liaisons 1940–1944

Best of Enemies 1944–1949

The War of the Canal Zone 1950–1952

PART II. In the Age of America

The Upheavals of Revolution 1952–1954

The Age of Nasser 1955–1970

Reassessments amid the “Fundamentalist” Revival 1970–1989

Blurred Lines and New Debates 1989–2010

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)

ISBN:

9780674984899

0674984897

9780674984912

0674984919

OCLC:

1023497320