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Overview"Nasser's Gamble draws 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 Gamble brings 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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jesse FerrisPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.539kg ISBN: 9780691163437ISBN 10: 069116343 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 23 June 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of Contents"Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION - 1 The Golden Age of Nasserism 3 Idealism and Pragmatism in Nasser's Foreign Policy 11 The Nature of Middle Eastern Politics 14 The Place of the Intervention in Egyptian Memory 16 Structure of the Book 21 CHAPTER ONE - The Road to War 24 The Coup in Yemen 29 The Struggle for Power in Egypt 37 The Accidental Intervention? 49 The Denouement of the Crisis in Cairo 61 Chapter TWO - The Soviet-Egyptian Intervention in Yemen 70 The Nature of Soviet Relations with Egypt and Yemen 71 The Egyptian Appeal and the Soviet Response 75 Explaining Soviet Behavior 88 Forms of Early Soviet Involvement 94 Chapter THREE - Food for ""Peace"": The Breakdown of US-Egyptian Relations, 1962-65 102 Recognition 106 Disengagement 113 The Suspension of US Aid 127 The Balance of Payments Crisis 139 Chapter FOUR - Guns for Cotton: The Unraveling of Soviet-Egyptian Relations, 1964-66 142 Guns for Cotton 144 The Soviet Quest for Base Rights in Egypt 146 From Jiddah to Moscow 151 In the Cracks of Cold War Geology 159 The Final Unraveling 162 Chapter FIVE - On the Battlefield in Yemen--and in Egypt 174 Counterinsurgency 176 Casualties 190 Cost 195 Corruption 199 The Spread of Popular Discontent 206 Chapter SIX - The Fruitless Quest for Peace: Saudi-Egyptian Negotiations, 1964-66 215 The First Arab Summit 217 The Second Arab Summit 222 The Jiddah Agreement 232 From the Islamic Pact to the Long Breath Strategy 249 The Kuwaiti Mediation and the Return of Sallal 258 Chapter SEVEN - The Six-Day War and the End of the Intervention in Yemen 262 The Sinai Option 266 The Syrian Connection 272 The Soviet Spark 275 The Egyptian Initiative 284 The Impact of the Yemen War on Egyptian Military Performance in the Six-Day War 289 The Khartoum Conference and the Withdrawal of the Egyptians from Yemen 290 AFTERWORD - The Twilight of Egyptian Power 295 Bibliographical Note 313 Bibliography 319 Index 335"ReviewsFerris's book is an expansion of his PhD dissertation at Princeton, very well written, based on credible sources not formerly available, and well documented. His bibliographical notes and extensive list of sources will lead readers to plenty of materials for further investigation. --Daniel Spector, H-Net Reviews Nasser's Gamble makes a definite contribution to our understanding of both modern Egyptian history and Middle Eastern international relations. --James Jankowski, Bustan In masterly fashion, Ferris explains the consequences of those adventures for Egypt, inter-Arab relations, the Middle East, and the broad lines of its future development. Reading this book is indeed a most rewarding experience. --David Sultan, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs [Nasser's Gamble] offers a refreshing new perspective on an understudied topic. --Choice Nasser's Gamble draws on an impressive selection of Russian, US and British diplomatic archives, as well as the Arabic language memoirs of politicians and senior military officials and contemporary press coverage. The book provides a precise and deeply researched analysis of the conflict. --Richard Phelps, International Affairs [R]equired reading for those interested in the history of the Middle East. --Laura James, History Today Winner of the 2013 Reuven Chaikin Prize, University of HaifaOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013 Winner of the 2013 Reuven Chaikin Prize, University of Haifa One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013 [R]equired reading for those interested in the history of the Middle East. --Laura James, History Today Nasser's Gamble draws on an impressive selection of Russian, US and British diplomatic archives, as well as the Arabic language memoirs of politicians and senior military officials and contemporary press coverage. The book provides a precise and deeply researched analysis of the conflict. --Richard Phelps, International Affairs [Nasser's Gamble] offers a refreshing new perspective on an understudied topic. --Choice In masterly fashion, Ferris explains the consequences of those adventures for Egypt, inter-Arab relations, the Middle East, and the broad lines of its future development. Reading this book is indeed a most rewarding experience. --David Sultan, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs Nasser's Gamble makes a definite contribution to our understanding of both modern Egyptian history and Middle Eastern international relations. --James Jankowski, Bustan Ferris's book is an expansion of his PhD dissertation at Princeton, very well written, based on credible sources not formerly available, and well documented. His bibliographical notes and extensive list of sources will lead readers to plenty of materials for further investigation. --Daniel Spector, H-Net Reviews Author InformationJesse Ferris is vice president for strategy at the Israel Democracy Institute and a historian of the modern Middle East. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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