Word: frye
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Land reform cannot be an overnight panacea for Egypt's maladies, said Richard N. Frye, assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies. He predicted that if the nation's powerful landlords fail to reach terms with General Naguib they may resort to bribing army officers or even assassination to block this reform...
...Frye foresees Naguib pulling off a shrewd political deal whereby British troops would leave the Suez Canal. If successful, he could become king and start a new dynastic order...
...great problems facing the Egyptians today are overpopulation and "the terrific disparity between the upper classes and the peasants." Frye asserted, Egypt, leader of the Arab world, has a population of 20 million and a large area of arid, unproductive land. He said that their economic mainstay is cotton, grown on large feudal landholdings...
...Frye described Mossadegh as being a wealthy landowner having dictatorial powers but lacking dictatorial qualities. "It's difficult to see what he's after. He's being pushed." Frye told of an earlier attempt on the Premier's life and stressed, "This is a constant threat...
...Mossadegh's own National Front party are split over the speed and scope of his actions and their own individual ambitions. They employ a strong group of thugs "who start riots and protect the Premier" but their lack of discipline makes them dangerous. "No one controls the army," Frye added. "It has gone...