The Social Origins of Egyptian Expansionism During the Muhammad 'Ali Period

Author/Contributor(s):	Lawson, Fred
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	04/01/1992
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Why do countries capture and occupy lands beyond their own borders? Fred Lawson contends that, in the Arab world, expansionist policy has little to do with the temperament of the individual leaders and even less with the activities of the great powers. Instead, he argues that the character and intensity of a country's domestic political conflicts directly determine foreign policies.