Arthur GoldschmidtArthur Goldschmidt is professor emeritus of Middle East history at the Pennsylvania State University. His work as a teacher of undergraduate and graduate students was recognized in the 2000 Mentoring Award by the Middle East Studies Association. Amy . Johnson was associate professor of history at Berry College in Mt. Berry, GA. She has written widely on Middle Eastern and North African history. Her most recent work is Reconstructing Rural Egypt: Ahmed Hussein and the History of Egyptian Development, published by Syracuse University Press and AUC Press in 2004. Barak A. Salmoni is assistant professor of national security affairs at the US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He has authored numerous journal articles on subjects such education in Egypt and Turkey, democracy in the Middle East, US military policy, and contemporary Iraq. Read More Read Less