POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Socialist Union Of Popular Forces, Gamal Mubarak, Muammar Gaddafi
15 May 2016
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Tunisia, egypt, libya, algeria, morocco from stable authoritarianism to the arab spring. Neo-destour, an urban middle class movement, leads struggle. Gains independence in 1956, nominally as monarchy but king (bey) muhammed vii al-amin soon pushed aside by neo-destour urban middle class movement important in its independence. Debt crisis leads to anglo-french control; urabi revolt leads to. Escalation of nationalist resistance leads to 1919 revolution , and. Britain granting egypt independence in 1922 as a kingdom. Britain continued to exert considerable influence, notably during. Wwii, as well as post-wwii presence in canal zone in theory gained its independence but in practice it didn"t have any political independence. Free officers overthrow monarchy (1969) army officers who took inspiration from nasser. 1830: occupied and later annexed by france: intensive colonial settlement (1 million by 1950s, 10% of population, considered french territory. Front de lib ration nationale (fln) launches anti-colonial war in 1954.
