Overview
Gamal Abdel Nasser was arguably one of the most influential Arab leaders in history. As President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970, he could have achieved a peace agreement with Israel, yet he preferred to maintain his unique leadership role by affirming pan-Arab nationalism and championing the liberation of Palestine, a common euphemism for the destruction of Israel. In that era of Cold War politics, Nasser brilliantly played Moscow, Washington, and the United Nations to maximize his bargaining position and sustain his rule without compromising his core beliefs of Arab unity and solidarity. Surprisingly, little analysis is found regarding Nasser’s public and private perspectives on peace in the weeks and months immediately after the 1967 War. Nasser’s Peace is a close examination of how a developing country can rival world powers and how fluid the definition of “peace” can be. Drawing on recently declassified primary sources, Michael Sharnoff thoroughly inspects Nasser’s post-war strategy, which he claims was a four-tiered diplomatic and media effort consisting of his public declarations, his private diplomatic consultations, the Egyptian media’s propaganda machine, and Egyptian diplomatic efforts. Sharnoff reveals that Nasser manipulated each tier masterfully, providing the answers they desired to hear, rather than stating the truth: that he wished to maintain control of his dictatorship and of his foothold in the Arab world.
Full Product Details
Author: Michael Sharnoff
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.476kg
ISBN: 9781412865159
ISBN 10: 1412865158
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 21 March 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
[This is a] brilliant examination of the twilight years of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, arguably the foremost Arab leader in the 20th century, as he strove to recover from the crushing defeat of the June 1967 War and the attendant collapse of his tireless struggle to unify the Arab Nation under his leadership. [Nasser's Peace is a] must read for anyone seeking to understand the endemic volatility of the Arab world and its failure to come to terms with modernity. -Professor Efraim Karsh, King's College London & Bar-Ilan University
[This is a] brilliant examination of the twilight years of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, arguably the foremost Arab leader in the 20th century, as he strove to recover from the crushing defeat of the June 1967 War and the attendant collapse of his tireless struggle to unify the Arab Nation under his leadership. [<em>Nasser's </em>Peace is a] must read for anyone seeking to understand the endemic volatility of the Arab world and its failure to come to terms with modernity. </p> -Professor Efraim Karsh, King's College London & Bar-Ilan University</p>
Author Information
Michael Sharnoff is an associate professor of Middle East Studies at the Daniel Morgan Academy and director of the Regional Studies Program. He has written extensively on the Middle East and completed a PhD in Middle East Studies from King's College, London.
