Egypt and the Struggle for Power in Sudan
From World War II to Nasserism

A revised history of Egypt's doctrine of the unity of the Nile Valley, tracing its struggle from monarchy to revolution.

Rami Ginat (Author)

9781316647929, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 March 2020

292 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg

'… Remarkable book… It's an illuminating study that explores Sudan's rather unique place in the history of imperialism … In moving between regional and international levels of analysis, Egypt and the Struggle for Power in Sudan forces historians to rethink certain assumptions about the complex and contradictory relationships between imperialism and nationalist movements, while providing a definitive political and intellectual history of Egypt's postwar struggle for control over Sudan.' Brian Peterson, The American Historical Review

For decades, the doctrine of the 'Unity of the Nile Valley' united Egyptians of a variety of political and nationalist backgrounds. Many Egyptians regarded Sudan as an integral part of their homeland, and therefore battled to rid the entire Nile Valley of British imperialism and unite its inhabitants under the Egyptian crown. Here, Rami Ginat provides a vital and important revised account of the history of Egypt's colonialist struggle and their efforts to prove categorically that the Nile Valley constituted a single territorial unit. These were clustered around several dominant theoretical layers: history, geography, economy, culture and ethnography. This book, for both Middle Eastern and African historians, uses a mixture of Arabic and English sources to critically examine the central stages in the historical development of Egypt's doctrine, concentrating on the defining decade (1943–1953) that first witnessed both the pinnacle of the doctrine's struggle and the subsequent shattering of a consensual nationalist dream.

Introduction
Part I. The Theoretical Foundations of Egypt's Claims for the Unity of the Nile Valley: 1. Egyptian perceptions of the Sudan: historical narratives
2. The unity of the Nile Valley: geographical, economic and ethnographical perspectives
Part II. The Struggle for the Sudan: Politics, Diplomacy and Public Discourse: 3. The Sudan question: the Egyptian transition from wartime lethargy to postwar overtures and deeds
4. Between two modes of imperialism: education, nationalism and the struggle for power in the Sudan
5. The aftermath of the security council hype: whither the unity of the Nile Valley?
6. Social movements and the Sudan question: a case study in the divergence of national liberation movements
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP], Colonialism & imperialism [HBTQ], African history [HBJH], Middle Eastern history [HBJF1], Regional & national history [HBJ], History [HB]