A Short History of Modern Egypt

Rating:
Summary: CONCISE AND NOTHING ELSE
Review: This book is more of a historical guide to the modern history of Egypt than a "history" itself. The (selected) facts and persona are taken in a chronological succession, being merely described but not analysed in-depth. So that it is only helpful as a resource for checking dates and names, but it is just disappointing as for the actual historical, political and social forces that gave form to present-day Egypt, her position in contemporary world and her most accute problems (among which the "identity"-problem: Muslim or Western Egypt?).

Rating:
Summary: CONCISE AND NOTHING ELSE
Review: This book is more of a historical guide to the modern history of Egypt than a "history" itself. The (selected) facts and persona are taken in a chronological succession, being merely described but not analysed in-depth. So that it is only helpful as a resource for checking dates and names, but it is just disappointing as for the actual historical, political and social forces that gave form to present-day Egypt, her position in contemporary world and her most accute problems (among which the "identity"-problem: Muslim or Western Egypt?).