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Nasser's Gamble

Jesse Ferris

2012,2013

Overview

Nasser's Gambledraws on declassified documents from six countries and original material in Arabic, German, Hebrew, and Russian to present a new understanding of Egypt's disastrous five-year intervention in Yemen, which Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser later referred to as \"my Vietnam.\" Jesse Ferris argues that Nasser's attempt to export the Egyptian revolution to Yemen played a decisive role in destabilizing Egypt's relations with the Cold War powers, tarnishing its image in the Arab world, ruining its economy, and driving its rulers to instigate the fatal series of missteps that led to war with Israel in 1967. Viewing the Six Day War as an unintended consequence of the Saudi-Egyptian struggle over Yemen, Ferris demonstrates that the most important Cold War conflict in the Middle East was not the clash between Israel and its neighbors. It was the inter-Arab struggle between monarchies and republics over power and legitimacy. Egypt's defeat in the \"Arab Cold War\" set the stage for the rise of Saudi Arabia and political Islam. Bold and provocative,Nasser's Gamblebrings to life a critical phase in the modern history of the Middle East. Its compelling analysis of Egypt's fall from power in the 1960s offers new insights into the decline of Arab nationalism, exposing the deep historical roots of the Arab Spring of 2011.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: 1952-1970 / 1962-1972 / 20th century / Al-Badr (East Pakistan) / Algeria / Ancien Régime / Anti-imperialism / Anwar Sadat / Arab Cold War / Arab countries / Arab nationalism / Arab-Israeli conflict / Arabian Peninsula / Arabs / Assassination / British Empire / Counter-insurgency / Coup d'état / Diplomacy / Egypt / Egypt -- Foreign relations -- 1952-1970 / Egypt -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century / Egyptian Air Force / Egyptian Armed Forces / Egyptian Government / Egyptians / Faisal I of Iraq / Foreign policy / Foreign relations / Gamal Abdel Nasser / General & Multiperiod / Geopolitics / Great power / HISTORY / HISTORY / Middle East / General / HISTORY / Military / General / HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Hosni Mubarak / Ideology / Imperialism / Insurgency / Iraq / Israel-Arab War, 1967 / Israel-Arab War, 1967 -- Egypt / Israelis / Jeddah / Kuwait / Leonid Brezhnev / Ma'rib / Michael Oren / Middle East studies / Middle Eastern 1 / Military campaign / Military occupation / Military policy / Monarchy / Nasser, Gamal Abdel / Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918-1970 / Nasserism / National security / Near East / Nikita Khrushchev / Obstacle / Pan-Arabism / Participation, Egyptian / Perfidy / Political Science / POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory / Politics / Power / Ramadan Offensive / Rapprochement / Reactionary / Regime change / Revolution, 1962 / Riyadh / Saudi Arabia / Saudis / Sinai Peninsula / Six-Day War / South Arabia / South Yemen / Soviet Navy / Soviet Union / State intervention / Subversion / Suez Crisis / Task force / United Arab Republic / War / War effort / Yemen / Yemen (Republic) / Yemen (Republic) -- History -- 1962-1972 / Yemen Arab Republic / Yemen, North / Yemen, North -- History -- Revolution, 1962 -- Participation, Egyptian / Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) / Yemeni Revolution / Zionism
• ISBN: 9780691155142, 0691155143, 1400845238, 9781400845231, 069116343X, 9780691163437