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What this book lacks in analytic strength it makes up for in psychological immediacy and firsthand political color. By comparison, the more industrious studies by Anthony Nutting (Nasser, 1972) and Robert Stephens (Nasser, 1972) seem pedestrian. Lacouture is a well-known liberal French journalist with personal knowledge of Nasser and Egypt; his sketches of rural life, the sociology of the army, Nasser's youth, etc., are so refreshingly sophisticated that the reader tends to pardon the book's journalistic lapses. Questions eventually persist, however: what was the Anglo-versus-American stake in the overthrow of Farouk? Did the Nasser regime's affinities with classical dictatorships and European fascist movements mean more than Lacouture's coy hints would indicate? The strength of Nasser's original affiliation with the West, and the way he kept the army from becoming an independent force (a success which, the book suggests, helps explain the army's weakness vis-a-vis the Israelis) exemplify the important interpretations Lacouture somewhat casually tosses off. The London Times Literary Supplement has already lengthily identified various undeveloped and unsubstantiated claims here; but

Who reads Nasser,: A biography?

Author

from French by Daniel Hofstadter

Publisher

New York, Knopf; [distributed by Random House]

Published

1973

Language

EN

ISBN

9780394466255

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography

Rating

3.5 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14