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Americans in the Egyptian Army: Ismail's Bold Experiment (http://egypt.atomicmartinis.com/)
Recognizes 50 American officers who served in the Egyptian army during the 1870's.

Arab-Israeli Wars: The Suez /Sinai War (1956) (http://www.historyguy.com/suez%5Fwar%5F1956.html)
Examines the short, violent clash in the Egyptian regions known as the Suez Canal and the Sinai Peninsula.

Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) (http://www.aoi.com.eg/)
Established in 1957 with the aim of building an industrial base for the development of advanced military industries.

Assault on the Canal (http://www.britains-smallwars.com/suez/suez-index.html)
Includes photographs, Operation Musketeer, the role of British ships in the crisis, and Egyptian resistance.

CIA -- The World Factbook
(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html)
An annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information on all aspects of the political, social and military history of a particular country.

Center for Strategic and International Studies (http://www.csis.org/)
A Washington, DC based think-tank which sponsors seminars and conferences and issues reports on terrorism, United States foreign policy, and several regions of the world including the Middle East and Africa.

ClandestineRadio.com (http://www.clandestineradio.com/intel/)
"ClandestineRadio.com is the only online portal dedicated to the study of clandestine and subversive radio - a field where politics, diplomacy, espionage and broadcast media collide."

The Document Room (http://www.mideastinfo.com/documents/index.html)
The Document Room of the Middle East Information Network includes constitutions, Amnesty International Country Reports, treaties, historical documents, Israeli-Palestinian materials, United Nations Resolutions, speeches and special reports relating to the Middle Eastern countries.

Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org)
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) “is the oldest organization dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear disarmament, and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose.” Whatever one’s views are on its goals, a search of the site yields valuable information on a country’s armament found only with difficulty elsewhere.

Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty
(http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace%20Process/Guide%20to%20the%20Peace%20Process/Israel-Egypt%20Peace%20Treaty )
From the navbar on the left side of the page, select "Peace Process," "Reference Documents," then " Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt, March 26, 1979" to see the complete text of the treaty which Carter witnessed in March 26, 1979.

Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (http://www.jha.ac/)
Published at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K., this site may be searched for articles in the journal concerning a particular country.

Military Analysis Network Suez Crisis (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/970100-jb.htm)
A military crisis occurred July 26, 1956, when Egypt’s president Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. (Scroll down to the heading "Suez-1956.")

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Arab Republic of Egypt (http://www.mfa.gov.eg/MFA_Portal/en-GB/default.htm)
News, press releases, Foreign Affairs Ministry, consular services, foreign policy.

President Nasser: Denouncement of the Proposal for a Canal Users' Association, 1956
(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1956Nasser-suez1.html)
Speech by President Nasser of the UAR on September 15, 1956 in the Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham University.

UNRISD On-Line (U.N. Research Institute for Social Development) (http://www.unrisd.org/)
“ The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and contributes to policy debates on key issues of social development within and outside the United Nations system."

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