1979/11/01 by Charles D. Smith · 41 citations
Social Sciences · #African history and culture analysis #Ancient history #Archaeology #Economic history #Economics #History #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Law #Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts #Nationalism #Political science #Politics #Spanish Civil War #Suez canal #Victory
paper · doi:10.1017/s0020743800051291
published in International Journal Middle East Studies 10(4), 453-479 (Cambridge University Press)
openalex publication_date 1979/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
The British military presence in Egypt established in 1882 ended on 27 July 1954 with an agreement providing for withdrawal of forces from the Suez Canal Zone within twenty months. The signing was a victory for Colonel Jamāl 'Abd al-Nāsir and a defeat for Anthony Eden who had sought to retain British forces on air bases within the Zone. British attempts to regularize their occupation of Egyptian territory after World War II in the face of nationalist demands had failed, its doom foretold with the advent of the officers’ regime which took over Egypt on 23 July 1952 and exiled Fārūq three days later.