Nasser's Blessed Movement : Egypt's Free Officers and the July revolution / Joel Gordon
1992, 1st edition. New York : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #389074
ISBN: 0195069358
Physical description; 254 pp. Contents; Prologue: Rewriting the Revolution 3 -- 1. "A Country of Failure" 14 -- 2. "The People's Army" 39 -- 3. "Revolutionary Jurisprudence" 58 -- 4. "Lift up Your Head" 79 -- 5. "The Great Deception" 92 -- 6. "The Secret of the Nine" 109 -- 7. "A Revolutionary, Not a Politician" 127 -- 8. "Stability, in Whatever Guise" 144 -- 9. "Fondest Hope's of the West" 157 -- 10. "Each of You Shall Be Gamal" 175 -- Conclusion: "A Pragmatic March Toward Democracy"? 191. Subjects; Abd-an-N ir, am l 1918-1970. Nasser, Gamal Abdel 1918-1970. Politics and government.
Price: €48.95