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Egypt’s Free Officers
23 Jul 1952 — Gamal Abdel Nasser’s officers depose the king. Arab nationalism has a capital and a champion; within four years he will nationalize the Suez Canal and defy three empires at once.
This is one scene of Chapter 2 — The First Doors in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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