A Revolutionary Year: The Middle East in 1958

by Roger Louis (Editor), Roger Owen (Editor)

Overview

The year 1958 was a dramatic turning point in the history of the Middle East and the Arab World: Lebanon was in turmoil; Iraq underwent revolution. The West-backed King Faisal of Iraq and Crown Prince Abdallah were deposed and killed by a military coup led by Abd al-Karim Qasim and the new republic was proclaimed on the 14th July. Led by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Arab world seemed to be splitting from the West and, some claimed, realigning itself with the communist world. Here is a seminal work by world-class scholars - required reading for anyone with a serious interest in the recent history of the region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860644023
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/26/2002
Series:	Library of Modern Middle East Studies
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Wm. Roger Louis is Kerr Professor of English History and Cultures at the University of Texas at Austin and Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. Roger Owen is A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History at Harvard University. He is the co-author of A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century and Middle East in the World Economy (both I.B. Tauris).

Table of Contents

Introduction—Wm. Roger Louis
• The Emergence of the United States as a Regional Power: 1956-1958—Diane Kunz
• Oil, Politics, and US Intervention—Irene Gendzier
• The United Nations Confronts the United States in 1958—Michael Fry
• Perceptions and Reality: The Arab World and the West—Rashid Khalidi
• The Pan-Arab Movement and the Influence of Moscow and Cairo—Peter Sluglett
• The Soviet Union and the Middle East, 1956-1958—Carol Saivetz
• The Junior Partner: Israel's Role in the 1958 Crisis—Ilan Pappé
• The Year 1958 in Middle East History—Roger Owen
• Bibliography—Howard Dooley

Editorial Reviews

...[this book] is required reading for anyone with a serious interest in the recent history of the region
-The Middle East

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