Egypt and American Foreign Assistance 1952–1956

JON B. ALTERMAN is a program officer in the Research and Studies Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace. As an International Affairs Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, he served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. From 1993-97 he taught at Harvard University, from which he received a Ph.D. in history. His opinion pieces have appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Asharq al-Awsat, and other major publications. Alterman is the author of New Media, New Politics? From satellite television to the Internet in the Arab world, editor of Sadat and His Legacy

• Acknowledgments Introduction Contexts The Economic Origins of a Partnership Chicken Aid EARIS The Aswan High Dam Conclusion Bibliography

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