Research Catalog

Title

Phoenix over the Nile : a history of Egyptian air power, 1932- 1994 / Lon O. Nordeen and David Nicolle.

Author

Nordeen, Lon O., 1953-

Publication

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

Nicolle, David, 1944-

Description

xxi, 413 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"[This book] recounts the origins, operational history, and battle performance of an air force that now stands as one of the most capable and combat-experienced in the Third World ... [It] provides for the first time the Egyptian military perspective on the Arab-Israeli wars ... [The book also] provides a detailed record of the development of the Egyptian aviation industry while contributing to a better understanding of Egyptian foreign policy and military capability"--Jacket.

Subjects

• History
• Aeronautics, Military > Egypt > History
• Aircraft industry > Egypt > History
• Egypt > Qūwāt al-Jawwīyah > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Background (1910-1927) -- A start (1928-1932) -- Fledgling years (1932-1934) -- A new treaty and a world crisis (1935-1939) -- Neutrals at war (1939-1942) -- Forgotten allies (1942-1945) -- Threatening horizons (1945-1948) -- The first offensive (1948) -- Fighting the hydra (1948) -- A losing battle (1948-1949) -- Reactionaries and revolutionaries (1949-1953) -- "Czech" arms (1953-1956) -- The other side of Suez (1956) -- A doubtful anniversary (1956-1961) -- Wider horizons (1962-1967) -- The surprise assault (1967) -- Egyptian phoenix (1967) -- Fighting back (1967-1969) -- Attrition War (1969-1970) -- New directions (1970-1973) -- Ramadan War (1973) -- Battles for the bridgeheads (1973) -- Ramadan War impact (1973) -- New directions again (1974-1981) -- Moving forward (1981-1994).

ISBN

1560986263 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95030047^

OCLC

33277355

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library