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HIST 3550: The Middle East in the Twentieth Century: Topic 8

An OER for Louis Fishman's Course

Topic 8: Revolutionary Politics enter the Picture

Revolutionary Politics Enter the Picture (October 23-28)

Anderson, Chapter 7. “Military Coups, Politics and Violence: Iran, Turkey, and the Arab States, 1952-1980,” 291-323 (read by October 18)

James Jankowski “Nasserism and Egyptian State Policy 1952-1958,” in James Jankowski and Gershoni, Israel (eds.) Rethinking Nationalism in the Arab Middle East, New York 1997 (hereafter: Rethinking), Chapter 8 (read by Oct 20)