Word: nasserism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Egyptian armed forces during the disastrous 1956 Sinai defeat at the hands of Israel; of a heart attack; in Alexandria, Egypt. Despite that debacle, during which Israeli troops routed his forces on the desert peninsula in less than a week, Amer remained in favor with Egypt's President Nasser, was named chief of staff in 1959, and head of the Arab unified military command in 1964, a position he retained until his retirement in 1968, after...
...themselves that would undoubtedly require concessions from both sides, the Arabs have been hoping that the U.N. and the Big Four powers would force the Israelis to give up the territories. Sadat, who is not yet strong enough to make the sort of concessions that his predecessor, Gamal Abdel Nasser, might have gotten away with, talked tough up to the last minute. Repeatedly, he threatened to renew the war unless Israel produced a timetable for its withdrawal from the territories...
Power and Water. Aswan was actually finished last summer, ten years after work began. Nasser planned to hold the dedication last July 23 to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the revolution that brought him to power. But negotiations over a proposed Middle East cease-fire forced him to put it off, and he died before he could see his grandest project dedicated...
Silt and Snails. The dam and the 350-mile-long Lake Nasser behind it are also creating ecological problems. The rich alluvial silt that once flowed downriver and spilled over onto farm lands is being impounded behind the dam, forcing Delta farmers to buy synthetic fertilizers...
Bilharzia, a parasite carried by water snails, has crept into Lake Nasser and the irrigation canals, infecting countless Egyptians. Salt washed out of previously unirrigated land has been carried downstream to increase the saline content of the eastern Mediterranean and threaten sea life...