P. J. Vatikiotis
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Panayiotis Jerasimof Vatikiotis (5 February 1928 – 15 December 1997)[citation needed] was a Greek-American political scientist and historian of the Middle East. He was Professor of Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, in London.[1]
Vatikiotis was born in Jerusalem, the son of Paraskevi and Jerasimos Vatikiotis, and grew up in Haifa.[2] He was educated at Greek and English private schools in Mandatory Palestine before he studied at the American University in Cairo and Johns Hopkins University.[3] In the 1960s he moved to London University where he helped get Middle Eastern Studies established.[2]
A festschrift was published in his honour in 1993.[4]
Works
[edit]- The Egyptian Army in politics; pattern for new nations?, 1961
- Politics and the military in Jordan : a study of the Arab Legion, 1921-1957, 1967
- Egypt since the revolution, 1968
- The modern history of Egypt, 1969. 2nd ed published as The history of Egypt, 1980.
- Conflict in the Middle East, 1971
- (ed.) Revolution in the Middle East, and other case studies, 1972
- Nasser and his generation, 1978
- The modern history of Egypt, 1986. Rev. ed. published as The history of modern Egypt: from Muhammad Ali to Mubarak, 1991
- Islam and the state (original from the University of Michigan; reprint ed.). Routledge. 1991 [1987]. ISBN 9780415057530. OCLC 716235510.
- Among Arabs and Jews: A Personal Experience 1936-1990, 1991[2]
- Popular Autocracy in Greece 1936-1941
References
[edit]- ^ "School of Oriental & African Studies, Report of The Governing Body and Statement of Accounts, 1969-70, p76".
- ^ a b c Vatikiotis, P. J. (1991). Among Arabs and Jews : a personal experience 1936-1990. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-82076-1. OCLC 24795126.
- ^ The International Who's Who, 1989-90. Europa Publications. 1989. p. 1591. ISBN 978-0-946653-50-8. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ Charles Tripp, ed. (1993). Contemporary Egypt: Through Egyptian Eyes: Essays in Honour of P. J. Vatikiotis. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-06103-2. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
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