The Road to Tahrir Square : Egypt and the US from the Rise of Nasser to the Fall of Mubarak

Gardner, Lloyd C.

Saqi Books（2011/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 247 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780863568756
• DDC分類 327.62073

Full Description

When protesters in Egypt began to fill Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25, 2011 - and refused to leave until their demand that Hosni Mubarak step down was met - the politics of the region changed overnight. And the United States' long friendship with the man who had ruled under emergency law for thirty years came starkly into question. The Road to Tahrir Square is the first book to connect past and present - from Franklin D. Roosevelt's brief meeting with King Farouk near the end of World War II to Barack Obama's 2009 speech in Cairo, and the recent fall of Mubarak - offering readers an understanding of the events and forces determining American policy in this vitally important region. Making full use of the available records - including the controversial WikiLeaks archive - renowned historian Lloyd C. Gardner shows how the United States has sought to influence Egypt through economic aid, massive military assistance, and CIA manipulations, efforts that have immediate implications for how the current crisis will alter the balance of power in the Middle East. As millions around the world ponder how the Egyptian Revolution will change the face of the region and the world, here is both a fascinating story of past policies and an essential guide to possible futures.

Contents

Contents: Introduction 1: Prelude: Searching for a Policy 2: The Nasser Gamble Fails 3: Eisenhower Doctrine to Six Days of War 4: Life with Anwar Sadat: Or a Story of Empire by Invitation 5: The $50 Billion Gamble: Thirty Years of Egyptian American Co-Dependence 6: Arab Spring Postscript Notes