P. J. Vatikiotis

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

• 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

1. "School of Oriental & African Studies, Report of The Governing Body and Statement of Accounts, 1969-70, p76".
2. Vatikiotis, P. J. (1991). Among Arabs and Jews : a personal experience 1936-1990. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-82076-1. OCLC 24795126.
3. The International Who's Who, 1989-90. Europa Publications. 1989. p. 1591. ISBN 978-0-946653-50-8. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
4. 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.