In 1952 a military coup brought down King Farouk of Egypt; the new military regime introduced a series of modernising reforms and also challenged the West"s influence in their country and in the region as a whole. Gamal Abdel Nasser is the man most associated with this dramatic reorientation of Egypt"s policies and priorities and the resulting conflict with the West in 1956. He was succeeded by Anwar Sadat and then Hosni...