Foreign policy as nation making : Turkey and Egypt in the Cold War

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Foreign policy as nation making : Turkey and Egypt in the Cold War

Title remainder

Turkey and Egypt in the Cold War

Statement of responsibility

Reem Abou-El-Fadl

Creator

• Abou-El-Fadl, Reem,

Subject

• Egypt -- Politics and government -- 20th century
• Nationalism -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century
• Nationalism -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century
• Turkey -- Foreign relations -- 1918-1960
• Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1918-1960
• Egypt -- Foreign relations -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

After the Second World War, Turkey and Egypt were among the most dynamic actors in the Middle East. Their 1950s foreign policies presented a puzzle, however: Turkey's Democrat Party pursued NATO membership and sponsored the pro-Western Baghdad Pact regionally, while Egypt's Free Officers promoted neutralism and pan-Arab alliances. This book asks why: what explains this divergence in a shared historical space? Rethinking foreign policy as an important site for the realisation of nationalist commitments, Abou-El-Fadl finds the answer in the contrasting nation making projects pursued by the two leaderships, each politicised differently through experiences of war, imperialism and underdevelopment. Drawing on untapped Turkish and Arabic sources, and critically engaging with theories of postcolonial nationalism, she emphasises local actors' agency in striving to secure national belonging, sovereignty and progress in the international field. Her analysis sheds light on the contemporary legacies of the decade which cemented Turkey's position in the Western bloc and Egypt's reputation as Arab leader.--

Member of

• Global Middle East (Cambridge, England), 6

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providedbypublisher

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DR477

LC item number

.A29 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

The global Middle East

Series volume

6