1. Oil, Iraq, and Egypt,

2. I. Introduction

3. II. Common Themes Secular Politics Imperial Legacy/Anti-Imperialism
Pan Arabism . . .

4. II. Common Themes
Nationalism
Weak Economic Development
Anti-Zionism

5. III. Egypt A. Independence: The Free Officer Corps
Gamel Abd al-Nasir (r )
B. Pan Arabism: The UAR ( )

6. III. Egypt C. Economic Development: Arab Socialism New Directions
1. Problems
New Directions
Anwar Sadat (r )
Muslim Brotherhood

7. IV. Iraq World War II B. Western Tilt 1. Nuri Said
2. The Baghdad Pact (1955)

8. IV. Iraq C. Iraq' Radical Turn D. The Ba’thists in Power
1. Qasim (r )
D. The Ba’thists in Power
Bakr and Saddam Husayn
Economic Development

9. IV. Iraq
E. Husayn’s “Coup” (1979)

10. V. The Oil States A. Themes B. Saudi Arabia 1. Founding
2. Prewar Economy

11. V. The Oil States 3. The Discovery of Oil and World War II
4. ARAMCO and Surging Production
“50-50” Arrangement

12. 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

13. Gamel Abd al-Nasir

14. Hosni Mubarak

15. Ibn Saud

16. VI. Conclusion
Whither Oil?
Secular Failure