POLI SCI 351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3.1: James L. Gelvin
16 Apr 2018
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Basics - about these military regimes that emerged in the middle east in the. 50s, with egypt as a model, that centralized economies and consolidated government power in order to appeal to the masses (before ruling elites really only cared about the interests of the upper classes). They set precedents that lots of other governments followed - modernizing, nationalizing their economies etc. Nasser in egypt and ba"thists in syria and iraq. Free officers (head is nasser) coup in egypt in 1952 would set standard and provide a model for other states in the region to have military coup. Seemed to have launched their coup to put an end to corruption, ineptitude and treason they saw in gov"t. Usually didn"t offer grand ideological visions, as much as they just wanted to iron things out and stabilize the nations. Suez war of 1956: british, french and israeli forces intervened in.
