Panayiotis Jerasimof Vatikiotis (5 February 1928 – 15 December 1997) was a

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political scientist and historian of the

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. He was Professor of Politics at the

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, in

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. Vatikiotis was born in

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, the son of Paraskevi and Jerasimos Vatikiotis, and grew up in

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. He was educated at Greek and English private schools in

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before he studied at the

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and

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. In the 1960s he moved to London University where he helped get Middle Eastern Studies established. A ''

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'' was published in his honour in 1993.

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 * *''Among Arabs and Jews: A Personal Experience 1936-1990'', 1991 *''Popular Autocracy in Greece 1936-1941

References

1928 births 1997 deaths Historians of the Middle East American people of Greek descent Academics from Jerusalem 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers Emigrants from Mandatory Palestine to the United States Johns Hopkins University alumni American expatriates in the United Kingdom 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American political scientists {{US-historian-stub