Oil, Iraq, and Egypt, 1945-1980
I. Introduction
II. Common Themes Secular Politics Imperial Legacy/Anti-Imperialism Pan Arabism . . .
II. Common Themes Nationalism Weak Economic Development Anti-Zionism
III. Egypt A. Independence: The Free Officer Corps Gamel Abd al-Nasir (r. 1952-1970) B. Pan Arabism: The UAR (1958-1961)
III. Egypt C. Economic Development: Arab Socialism New Directions 1. Problems New Directions Anwar Sadat (r. 1970-1981) Muslim Brotherhood
IV. Iraq World War II B. Western Tilt 1. Nuri Said 2. The Baghdad Pact (1955)
IV. Iraq C. Iraq' Radical Turn D. The Ba’thists in Power 1. Qasim (r. 1958-1963) D. The Ba’thists in Power Bakr and Saddam Husayn Economic Development
IV. Iraq E. Husayn’s “Coup” (1979)
V. The Oil States A. Themes B. Saudi Arabia 1. Founding 2. Prewar Economy
V. The Oil States 3. The Discovery of Oil and World War II 4. ARAMCO and Surging Production “50-50” Arrangement
V. The Oil States 5. Vagaries of the Oil Economy The "Seven Sisters" OPEC The 1973 Oil Embargo The Iranian Revolution Hitting Bottom 6. Political and Social Conservatism
Gamel Abd al-Nasir
Hosni Mubarak
Ibn Saud
VI. Conclusion Whither Oil? Secular Failure