Unprecedented in its use of Egyptian official sources, this book sheds new light on the difficulties and challenges of a nascent relationship characterized by missed opportunities, mixed messages, and mutual frustrations. Alterman compellingly shows how the interests of the U.S. and Egypt diverged to undermine this early American attempt at economic assistance for Egyptian development. He shows how the attempt was stymied by bureaucratic obstacles both in Egypt and the U.S. and how it became entangled in the politics of the Cold War and the Arab-Israeli conflict. This important book reveals the complexities of linking economic aid with political objectives.
- ISBN10 1403976007
- ISBN13 9781403976000
- Publish Date 4 October 2002 (first published 1 January 2002)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format eBook
- Pages 224
- Language English