Nasser and Sadat: Decision Making and Foreign Policy, 1970-1972
This book investigates the role and influence of Egyptian leadership upon foreign policy decisions by utilizing the decision-making approach. It examines two foreign policy decisions formulated by Presidents Nasser and Sadat in January 1970 and July 1972 respectively. In essence, this study endeavors to accomplish three objectives. First, it reconstructs the decision-making activities that culminated in the two decisions, so as to promote our comprehension about Egyptian foreign policy making...
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This book investigates the role and influence of Egyptian leadership upon foreign policy decisions by utilizing the decision-making approach. It examines two foreign policy decisions formulated by Presidents Nasser and Sadat in January 1970 and July 1972 respectively. In essence, this study endeavors to accomplish three objectives. First, it reconstructs the decision-making activities that culminated in the two decisions, so as to promote our comprehension about Egyptian foreign policy making activities that culminated in the two decisions. Second, by presenting a research framework, it seeks to shed light on the decision-making process in other developing countries. Last, it examines the causal role of the operational code beliefs as well as the psychohistorical approach to the analysis of leadership to explain decisional outcome. Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction; Foreign Policy-Making and Leadership; Foreign Policy in the Developing World: A Review of Past Studies; A Research Framework for Foreign Policy-Making in Egypt; The Invitation and the Expulsion; Nasser and Sadat: Personal Portraits; The Research Framework and the Soviet Expulsion; Toward a Better Understanding of Foreign Policy in the Developing World; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.Author Biography: Shaheen Ayubi is Assistant Professor of Government at Bowdoin College.
AcknowledgmentsIntrouctionCh. 1Foreign Policy-Making and Leadership1Ch. 2Foreign Policy in the Developing World: A Review of Past Studies21Ch. 3A Research Framework for Foreign Policy-Making in Egypt42Ch. 4The Invitation and the Expulsion52Ch. 5Nasser and Sadat: Personal Portraits79Ch. 6The Research Framework and the Soviet Invitation121Ch. 7The Research Framework and the Soviet Expulsion152Ch. 8Toward a Better Understanding of Foreign Policy in the Developing World190App.One: Questionnaire Prepared for President Anwar El Sadat195App.Two: Questionnaire Prepared for Hasanain Heykal199App.Three: Egyptian Personalities Interviewed200Bibliography202
\ Middle East Journal...this book provides significant insights into the contrasting personalities and behavioral patterns of Nasser and Sadat and their differing perceptions of reality. The author breaks new ground in applying the Eriksonian and operational code constructs to Egyptian decision making.\ \
