8vo. [5], 236 pp., cloth in d/w, notes, biblio, index, jacket slightly foxed, clipped with small tear at top spine, otherwise copy clean inside & in very good condition, The Cresset Press, London, first edition, 1961.

Synopsis

Contents: The beginnings of Arab nationalism — The Ottoman heritage — Palestine and the Arab League — Interlude — The Egyptian Revolution — Egyptian Lebensraum and positive neutrality — The Arab world in 1955 — Arab nationalist propaganda — Suez — The Eisenhower Doctrine — Civil War in Lebanon — Revolution in Iraq — The dissolving mirage — The twilight of imperialism — The future.