Word: nasserism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Egyptian friendship and the completion of major construction on the Aswan High Dam, whose 364-ft.-high wall of concrete and clay blocks the Nile 560 miles upstream from Cairo. Because Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev decided not to come as planned and sent a deputy instead. Gamal Abdel Nasser made it even more of a Soviet show by staying away in a fit of pique...
...benefits they bestow for real political power. Recognizing the Islamic aversion to Communism, they are forced to ignore the local Communist parties, which are outlawed in most Arab countries, and deal with governments that often prove recalcitrant. The Russians have been unable to influence the Syrians toward moderation, and Nasser refuses their advice as often as he takes it. The deeper their penetration becomes, the more they are bound to be caught up in the bitter quarrels and mutual hatreds that rack the Middle East. Moreover, they know full well that the Arabs still depend for much of their income...
Temporary Mask. The King appears to have patched up his longstanding feud with Nasser-but only on the surface. After the disastrous June war against Israel, Feisal promised to send $140 million a year to help repair Egypt's ruined economy; Nasser, in turn, agreed to withdraw the troops that had been propping up his puppet regime in Yemen. The agreement, however, is only a temporary mask that covers but does not diminish the basic enmity between the two men. "Without question," says a confidant of the King, "Nasser is the No. 1 devil to Feisal...
...keep the devil at bay, Feisal last week let it be known that he would not attend the Arab Summit Conference tentatively scheduled to begin in Rabat on Jan. 17. Feisal resents the fact that the conference and its subject-Israel-were arranged at Nasser's behest and convenience, fears that Nasser will put the bite on him for more money. Feisal has no intention of increasing his payments. Indeed, he has taken advantage of the Egyptian withdrawal from Yemen to promote a Royalist offensive against the Republican capital of San'a. If he can dislodge the Yemeni...
...fire with Republican units by day and shelling the city at night, but they lack the tanks and armored trucks necessary to finish the job. The longer they delay, the harder their task becomes. The Republican army is fast getting arms and training from Russia, which has stepped into Nasser's place...