Arab Unity: Hope and Fulfillment

PREFACE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: A FATEFUL MONTH—FEBRUARY, 1958 PART ONE: THE BACKGROUNDOF ARAB UNITY I. MODERN BEGINNINGS OF THE IDEA OF ARAB UNITY II. THE “ARABS” AND THE “ARAB WORLD” III. THE STEEP DESCENT TO THE ABYSS OF DISUNITY PART TWO: THE IDEA OF ARAB UNITY IV. FROM THE ABYSS—A CRY V. THE RESTORATIVE IMPULSE VI. BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF ARAB UNITY VII. CRITIQUE OF THE IDEA OF ARAB UNITY PART THREE: THE IDEA OF ARAB UNITY IN ACTION VIII. ENTER: THE IDEA OF ARAB UNITY IX. THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES X. NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES XI. THE “GREAT DEBATE” XII. A FRESH START XIII. “A SEED THAT WILL GROW” XIV. EVALUATION CONCLUSION: PROSPECTS OF ARAB UNITY IN THE FUTURE APPENDICES: OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS JOINT EGYPTIAN-SYRIAN PROCLAMATION OF THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC SEVENTEEN-POINT PROGRAM OF TRANSITION TOWARDS THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC PART I THE UNITED ARAB STATE PART II BASIC CONSTITUENTS OF SOCIETY PART III PUBLIC RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS PART IV THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT CHAPTER I Head of the State CHAPTER II The Legislature CHAPTER III The Executive CHAPTER IV The Judicature PART V GENERAL RULES PART VI INTERIM AND FINAL RULES CHARTER OF THE UNITED ARAB STATES ARAB UNION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF IRAQ AND THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN CONSTITUTION OF THE ARAB UNION CHAPTER I GENERAL CHAPTER II LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY CHAPTER III EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY CHAPTER IV THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY CHAPTER V AUTHORITY OF THE UNION CHAPTER VI FINANCE CHAPTER VII AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION CHAPTER VIII MISCELLANEOUS NORTH AFRICAN UNITY INDEX