You’ve touched on it a little bit, but could you share your thoughts and analysis more specifically on Nasser’s Egypt and the efforts with Syria and Iraq, etc.?
Or if you have recommended readings on the subject I could delve into it myself.
I can’t speak to an internal analysis of Nasser’s Egypt as I’m not as educated on the matter with is why I was so brief. What I can say is that there were definitely parts of Egyption soceity which benifeted from colonialism against Sudan during both the Ottoman and Britsh colonial eras.
Nasser purged Communists during his rule and this one of the factors that led to conflict with Syria during the United Arab Republic. Syrian Communists like Khalid Backdash, who themselves were outcasts to some degree, were concerned about the Union due to Nasser’s near absolute influence over the federations direction, and feared a similiar purge happening to them, which works end up happening.
The secession of Syria was unpopular, and led to the Baathist coup in 1963, but when Hafez Assad came to power in 1970, the Communists were allowed into the government as a part of the National Progressive Front.
I’m more educated on Syria so my perspective of Nasser tends to come front there.
Yeah, I’m not very well-read on the non-aligned movement as a whole, and I don’t have any material lined-up on my reading list to expand on it.
I’m hoping to find some resources to better understand the context, and potential mistakes that were made during that time and in that region specifically.
You’ve touched on it a little bit, but could you share your thoughts and analysis more specifically on Nasser’s Egypt and the efforts with Syria and Iraq, etc.?
Or if you have recommended readings on the subject I could delve into it myself.
I can’t speak to an internal analysis of Nasser’s Egypt as I’m not as educated on the matter with is why I was so brief. What I can say is that there were definitely parts of Egyption soceity which benifeted from colonialism against Sudan during both the Ottoman and Britsh colonial eras.
Nasser purged Communists during his rule and this one of the factors that led to conflict with Syria during the United Arab Republic. Syrian Communists like Khalid Backdash, who themselves were outcasts to some degree, were concerned about the Union due to Nasser’s near absolute influence over the federations direction, and feared a similiar purge happening to them, which works end up happening.
The secession of Syria was unpopular, and led to the Baathist coup in 1963, but when Hafez Assad came to power in 1970, the Communists were allowed into the government as a part of the National Progressive Front.
I’m more educated on Syria so my perspective of Nasser tends to come front there.
Yeah, I’m not very well-read on the non-aligned movement as a whole, and I don’t have any material lined-up on my reading list to expand on it.
I’m hoping to find some resources to better understand the context, and potential mistakes that were made during that time and in that region specifically.
Thanks for your input :)