Britain’s Foreign Policy in Egypt and Sudan 1947-1956

This book provides the general reader with a chronological account of Anglo-Egyptian political relations from 1947 to 1956.

In his discussion of the years following the abandonment in 1946 of the Side-Bevin agreement for a new treaty to replace the treaty of 1936, Dr Hail shows that neither country was able to meet the other's expectations and demands. The Wafdist government's return to power in 1950 and the ensuing deterioration in Anglo-Egyptian relations marked the decline not only of British pre-eminence in Egypt, but also of the Egyptian monarchy and of traditional government, a development which led ultimately to the Free Officer's movement and the military coup d'état of 23 July 1952.

ISBN:9780863722066