| Description |
1 online resource (343 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements and Select Bibliography; Introduction; Prologue: Meeting the President; 1 The peasant; 2 Search for an identity; 3 Traumatic years in prison; 4 Crucial meeting with Jihan; 5 Sadat and Nasser in conflict; 6 Road to catastrophe and renewal; 7 Sadat the surprise President; 8 Sadat starts a new revolution; 9 War and the great deception; 10 How Soviet leaders joined in Sadat' s deception game; 11 The October explosion; 12 Kissinger enters the scene; 13 Towards a breakthrough |
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14 Breaking a psychological barrier15 Looking to Jerusalem; 16 Trouble at home; 17 First steps to peace; 18 Mixed fortunes; 19 Hero in Jerusalem, villain in Damascus; 20 The rocky road to Camp David; 21 Bargaining for peace: vision and reality; 22 Breakthrough: anger and tears; 23 Unfulfilled hopes: the road to tragedy; 24 Death on Victory Parade; Conclusion: Reflections on a tragedy; Epilogue; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Anwar Sadat's life was shaped by Egypt's national struggle and the conflict between the Arab world and Israel. This biography charts his progress from fanatical nationalist to President of Egypt, and from world statesman to tragic hero, who gave his life in the cause of peace |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sadat, Anwar, 1918-1981.
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| SUBJECT |
Sadat, Anwar, 1918-1981 fast |
| Subject |
Presidents -- Egypt -- Biography
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Presidents
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Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Obe, Joseph Finklestone
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| ISBN |
9781135195656 |
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113519565X |
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