8vo. x 194 pp; publisher’s original wrappers, biblio, index, numeric stamp on front endpaper, otherwise copy in very good condition, Unwin Hyman, Boston, 1985.

Synopsis

Contents: Egypt and the Egyptians; the end of the old regime – 1945-1952; the first years of the new government – 1952-1956; the unfinished revolution – 1956-1970; Nasser’s ideology; Sadat’s revolution of rectification; the search for economic progress; education and the growth of culture; the life of the people.