Hello, /r/AskHistorians, I come to you not to ask you to do my assignment for me, only to ask for good books that would help me write about it.
If you want more specifics, here is what I've been assigned:
Write a 10-page paper discussing:
The country's history of colonial rule
The nature of its independence movement, its independence leaders, and nationalist popular front/party
The nature of its class/ethnic/religious compromises or consensus, or lack thereof during independence
Its position regarding the Cold War conflict; whether it sought a non-aligned position or became part of military pact; played both sides against one another for aid; was part of regional political or economic organizations
What is the nature of its economic relationship with the First and Second Worlds?
How does the country’s history reflect or go against aspects of the Third World Platform discussed in your readings and in class lectures?
Did the independence consensus/compromise hold? If not, what caused its collapse? Was the collapse based on class/ethnic/religious conflict?
Did they move away from the Third World Platform? If so, why?
I can also chose to do this with Indonesia, the Philippines, Burma/Myanmar, Ghana, Kenya, Algeria, Iran, or Iraq. I just chose Egypt because of it's interesting history.
This is due for Sunday at midnight, and I really want to do this right. I am not an INR or History major, I'm an engineering major. Apologies for any inconvenience.
ANY HELP AT ALL WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
And have a good night/day.
Steven A. Cook's The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square and Tarek Osman's Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to the Muslim Brotherhood are both good overviews. Your library is likely to have both.