A Military History of Modern Egypt: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War

A Military History of Modern Egypt: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War

Publisher: Praeger | pages: 320 | 2006 | ISBN: 0275986012 | PDF | 12,9 mb

Egypt has one of the oldest civilizations and proudest national histories in the world, but most military histories treat it as a mere battleground for other great imperial powers such as the Ottoman Empire, the French, and the British. In a lively and stirring narrative, this work tells the untold story of the Egyptian experience. It looks at the lives of Egyptian soldiers fighting at home and abroad, and shows the roles those soldiers and their leaders have played in Middle-Eastern and world history for 500 years--especially in the convulsions that have transformed the Muslim world during the past two centuries.

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