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.
A revised history of Egypt's doctrine of the unity of the Nile Valley, tracing its struggle from monarchy to revolution.
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.
'Remarkable accomplishment, illuminating and insightful. Egypt and
the Struggle for Power in Sudan offers a fresh and original reading
of the Egyptian national struggle for unity of the Nile Valley.
Combining intellectual with political history, Rami Ginat,
examines, in a most sophisticated yet concrete manner, the
British-Egyptian rivalry for control and hegemony in Sudan and
explains why it culminated dramatically in the 1940s and early
1950s. Ginat systematically and comprehensively reconstructs a
broader, multi-vocal system of the Egyptian public's responses to
the doctrine of the Nile Valley unification by the ruling elite as
well as broader civil society. The book ends with a requiem for the
Nile Valley unity dream, shattered by the new 1952 July Revolution
regime, who recognized Sudan's right to national self-determination
and independence.' Israel Gershoni, Tel-Aviv University
'Based on diligent, impeccable archival research, Ginat challenges
deep-rooted nationalist narratives to provide a dispassionate,
nuanced look at the complexities - and contradictions - of Egyptian
claims to sovereignty over the Nile Valley. Situated within the
broad contexts of British imperialism and Egyptian and Sudanese
decolonization, this is a splendid work of political and
intellectual history.' Joel Gordon, Director of the King Fahd
Center, University of Arkansas, and author of Nasser's Blessed
Movement: Egypt's Free Officers and the July Revolution
'… an in-depth book about a relatively short period of history that
saw the unraveling of a complex imperial situation.' Peter
Woodward, Middle East Journal
'… Remarkable book… It's an illuminating study that explores
Sudan's rather unique place in the history of imperialism … In
moving between regional and international levels of analysis, Egypt
and the Struggle for Power in Sudan forces historians to rethink
certain assumptions about the complex and contradictory
relationships between imperialism and nationalist movements, while
providing a definitive political and intellectual history of
Egypt's postwar struggle for control over Sudan.' Brian Peterson,
The American Historical Review
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