Storm Over the Arab World

Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Hardcover. Eugene Fisher was an American reporter and writer who first traveled to the Middle East in the 1930s. M. Cherif Bassiouni was an Egyptian-born professor of law and studied Islamic law in Cairo. This book focuses on changes occurring in the Arab world around the 1970s, including the developing relationships with Israel and the Palestinian situation in Israel. According to the dust jacket, "Events now [1972] taking place in the Arab countries will affect the world for decades -- perhaps centuries", which appears to be true. Includes chapters on the origins of Arabs and Jews, the conflict between Palestinians and the Zionists, The birth of Israel, the Palestinian diaspora, revolution in Egypt, the 1956 Suez Canal conflict, the 1967 war, and the United States relationship with the Arab world. Octavo. Tan cloth-covered boards with title in green to spine. Yellow dust jacket with title in red to front and spine panels. Dust jacket is price-clipped, with sunning to spine panel and minor bumps around edges. Price sticker on spine. Pages are bright and clean. 429 pages, including appendix. MIDEAST/6262.