Egypt and the Struggle for Power in Sudan - Rami Ginat

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Résumé :
A revised history of Egypt's doctrine of the unity of the Nile Valley, tracing its struggle from monarchy to revolution.

Biographie:
Rami Ginat is a Professor of Middle Eastern politics and heading the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He is a leading scholar in Egyptian history and Cold War studies in the Middle East, and has published many books and articles in these fields, including A History of Egyptian Communism (2011). His work pays careful attention to the mutual feedback between politics and ideas.

Sommaire:
Introduction; Part I. The Theoretical Foundations of Egypt's Claims for the Unity of the Nile Valley: 1. Egyptian perceptions of the Sudan: historical narratives; 2. The unity of the Nile Valley: geographical, economic and ethnographical perspectives; Part II. The Struggle for the Sudan: Politics, Diplomacy and Public Discourse: 3. The Sudan question: the Egyptian transition from wartime lethargy to postwar overtures and deeds; 4. Between two modes of imperialism: education, nationalism and the struggle for power in the Sudan; 5. The aftermath of the security council hype: whither the unity of the Nile Valley?; 6. Social movements and the Sudan question: a case study in the divergence of national liberation movements; Conclusion.