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

The Resource 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
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Turkey and Egypt in the Cold War
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Reem Abou-El-Fadl
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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.--
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UkCbUP
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non fiction
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dictionaries
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  • The global Middle East
  • Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
Series volume
6
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