A Concise History of the Middle East

The Arab Countries • 303 regime. In 1932 Iraq was the first Arab mandate to become nominally inde¬ pendent and join the League o ...

304 • 17 ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND THE RISE OF ARAB NATIONALISM Egypt's Nasir and His Policies Our discussion of Egypt's early twenti ...

The Arab Countries • 305 especially history books and biographies of such leaders as Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and (closer to hom ...

306 • 17 ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND THE RISE OF ARAB NATIONALISM Israel alone, so he offered technical and economic assistance, notabl ...

Israel's Early Years ••• 307 whom many were transferred under complex secret agreements. Absorbing these new Israelis, perceived ...

308 • 17 ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND THE RISE OF ARAB NATIONALISM and that the Arabs would either leave or accept their presence and po ...

Israel's Early Years • 309 David Ben-Gurion B en-Gurion (1886-1973) was born David Gruen in Plonsk, Poland. His family was arden ...

310 • 17 ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND THE RISE OF ARAB NATIONALISM National Religious Party, whose leaders were determined to make Israe ...

Middle Eastern Oil • 311 abroad shunned their Israeli counterparts. Arabic books, newspapers, and radio broadcasts virulently at ...

312 • 17 ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND THE RISE OF ARAB NATIONALISM Company. In retaliation, Britain and most of its Western allies refus ...

The Great Powers and the Arab World • 313 wanted Nasir stopped before he could undermine the West's position throughout the Arab ...

314 • 17 ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND THE RISE OF ARAB NATIONALISM occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip. Israel finally ...

The Great Powers and the Arab World • 315 threat of communist aggression. Nasir in Egypt and the Ba'th Party in Syria vehemently ...

316 • 17 ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND THE RISE OF ARAB NATIONALISM regime's pro-Western leanings and accused Sham'un of trying to keep h ...

The Great Powers and the Arab World • 317 The United Arab Republic Not true! Syria's leaders were Arab nationalists, not communi ...

318 • 17 ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND THE RISE OF ARAB NATIONALISM the Sham'un regime. Many groups made the short trip to Damascus to ha ...

The Great Powers and the Arab World • 319 renouncing its military ties with the West. When the junta's fiery young nationalist w ...

320 • 17 ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND THE RISE OF ARAB NATIONALISM Critics called the policy one of working both sides of the street, a ...

The Great Powers and the Arab World • 321 economy. Even the Ba'th chafed when Nasir insisted that it, like all other Syr¬ ian pa ...

322 • 17 ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND THE RISE OF ARAB NATIONALISM who feared a subversive Nasirite republic on their southern border. N ...