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Egypt and American Foreign Assistance 1952-1956
Jon B. Alterman
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Description for Egypt and American Foreign Assistance 1952-1956
Paperback. Alterman compellingly shows how the interests of the U.S. and Egypt diverged to undermine this early American attempt at economic assistance for Egyptian development. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
From the ground up the story of missed opportunities, mixed messages, and mutual frustrations in American relations with Egypt at a seminal time. Unprecedented in its drawing on Egyptian official sources, Hopes Dashed sheds new light on the difficulties and challenges of a nascent relationship characterized by missed opportunities, mixed messages, and mutual frustrations. However beneficial the intentions of those on the ground, their desire for Egyptian economic development was stymied by bureaucratic obstacles both in Egypt and the United States. And as Egypt became embroiled in the Cold War, policy decisions increasingly were made at higher levels by officials ... Read more
From the ground up the story of missed opportunities, mixed messages, and mutual frustrations in American relations with Egypt at a seminal time. Unprecedented in its drawing on Egyptian official sources, Hopes Dashed sheds new light on the difficulties and challenges of a nascent relationship characterized by missed opportunities, mixed messages, and mutual frustrations. However beneficial the intentions of those on the ground, their desire for Egyptian economic development was stymied by bureaucratic obstacles both in Egypt and the United States. And as Egypt became embroiled in the Cold War, policy decisions increasingly were made at higher levels by officials ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349388318
SKU
V9781349388318
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About Jon B. Alterman
JON B. ALTERMAN is a program officer in the Research and Studies Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace. As an International Affairs Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, he served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. From 1993-97 he taught at Harvard University, from which he received a Ph.D. in history. ... Read more
Reviews for Egypt and American Foreign Assistance 1952-1956
"Alterman provides a valuable framework for improved understanding of the tradeoffs affecting American economic relations with the Third World..." - Bill S. Mikhail, kiplinger.com "...a laudable attempt to describe Nasser's early relations with the United States from the bottom up..." - Tore Tingvold Peterson, International History Review "The book is a significant contribution to ... Read more