• DOI:10.1080/14682745.2010.482960
Corpus ID: 153604066

Couscous Mussolini: US perceptions of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the 1958 intervention in Lebanon and the origins of the US–Israeli special relationship

@article{McAlexander2011CouscousMU,
  title={Couscous Mussolini: US perceptions of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the 1958 intervention in Lebanon and the origins of the US–Israeli special relationship},
  author={Richard J. McAlexander},
  journal={Cold War History},
  year={2011},
  volume={11},
  pages={363 - 385}
}

• Richard J. McAlexander
• Published 2011
• Political Science
• Cold War History

This article argues that the US print media influenced US foreign policy by crafting a powerful narrative of Gamal Abdel Nasser that characterised Nasser as an expansionistic dictator by comparing him to Hitler and Mussolini. This narrative gained currency when the US public became anxious over Israel's security after the Czech arms deal of 1955. The narrative influenced US policy by strengthening the cultural relationship between Israel and the US by describing Nasser in similar terms, and… Expand