Papers Due Today
Read 155-173 in Brower, rather than 155-56 and 165-73

Why Did the Vietnamese Win?
    Common Answers--The Focus on the United States
    The Vietnamese Side
        The Nationalist Mission
        The Leninist Party, Socialism, and Ho Chi Minh
        Outside Support
        The Peasants
        Diversity within the South
            The French and American Presence
            Commercialization
            Peasant Concerns
            Religious Differences
            The Military and the Question of Loyalty
 

Comic Interlude

Introduction
    Gamal 'Abd al-Nasser and the 1952 Revolution
    Neo-Colonialism
    Pan-Arabism and Pan-Africanism
    Middle Eastern Radicalism
        Foreign Domination
        Development
        Palestine and Israel
Foreign Involvement and Control
    Ottoman Conquest (1517)
    European Impact (1800s)
        Commercialized Agriculture; Suez Canal
    British Conquest (1882-1922)
    The Transfer of Power and Egyptian "Independence"
        The British Right to Intervene in Four Areas

Source: CIA World Factbook.
Internal Economic, Political, and Social Difficulties
    Economics
        The Land Question and Peasants
            The Rural Population, Cotton Production, and Land Consolidation
            Population Growth
            Agricultural Problems
                Irrigation
                Crop Rotation
                WWI and the Great Depression
            Urbanization and Problems of Industrialization
                The Great Depression and WWII
    Politico-Social Issues
        The Otto-European Monarchy (Fu'ad and Faruq) and the Middle Class
        The Monarchy and the Peasantry
        The Monarchy and Religious Conservatives
        The Jewish Presence in Palestine
            The Increasing Jewish Presence
            The British Withdrawal (1947-48)
            War and Defeat in Palestine/Israel
        Political Movements and Their Problems
            The Wafd Party
            The Communist Party
            Conservative Religious Movements--Muslim Brotherhood
            The Free Officers Movement (Post-1948)