Egypt and the Cold War?

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What was Egypt's role in the Cold War? I have write an essay for history due Thursday (ahhhhh!), so any information you have or websites that actually pertain this subject would be fantastic!!!! 

(All the websites I find are about France's role, or the revolution in Egypt, never the cold war!!)

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SS · Answer

Here you go....

To sum it up, the US were courting Egypt especially in Nasser's era as he realised that the Americans were a better bet than the Russians.  Also there were a little bit of Middle East dynamics going on...  nasty business....

More following your questions...

I was previously doing some research on the Cold War but more towards 
the Israeli and Middle East perspectives in the context of the Lebanon 
Wars...  But damn it, I lost all my materials....  Egypt is essentially 
strategic in the Cold War because of the Suez Canal and oil supply 
routes....  Nasser made a critical decision then as PM of Egypt to go side 
with the Americans... I have attached some more links related to this.  
You should try to home in on the Suez Canal crisis.  I think that is 
the real turning point.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/nasser/
http://www.bc.edu/research/cjl/meta-elements/texts/cjrelations/resources/education/Israel_Palestine/cold_war.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/nasser1.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/cold_war.htm

Good luck!

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