HIS 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Arab Socialism
17 Apr 2020
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Allowed for nasser to descend the stairs to the world. After the war the british is a lesser power, but they don"t want to be not strong. Attempted assassination of nasser caught on radio, uses for political things. He has the ability to gain mass appeal. Nasser wants a dam, cant get funding, so takes control of the canal, leads to invasion of egypt by. Gb fr israel, usa forces them to stop. Doesn"t work for variety of reasons: geography, syria is resentful of its lesser status. Union wouldn"t be possible without nasser"s appeal in arab world bc of suez crisis. Nasser shifts to soviet union, getting egypt in us orbit becomes big political objective. After uar breaks up egypt suffers issues with lack of jobs, etc. found in turkey.
