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the monarchy in 1958. 950 The Pact became known as the Central Treaty

Organisation (CENTO) following the Iraqis’ departure. 951 Concerning Nasser the

destructive outcome of the 1967 Six Days War, participation in the 1962-70 Yemeni

Civil War, the short-lived union with Syria, poor economy, and centralisation of

power led the Egyptian writer Al-Hakim who once labeled the Free Officers’

Movement as the ‘blessed movement’ to reassess his position. After Nasser’s death

and in 1972, Al-Hakim published the Return of Consciousness, in which he expressed

his disappointment in Nasser’s rule and policy. 952

950 ‘Baghdad Pact Minus Baghdad’, New York Times, 26 March 1959, 30.
951 Gallman, Iraq Under General Nuri, 58; J.C. Campbell, Defense of the Middle East: Problems of
American Policy (New York: 1961), 242; and Marlowe, The Persian Gulf, 203.
952 Al-Hakim, Return of Consciousness, 56-60. For information on the Six Days War, Egyptian
involvement in the Yemeni Civil War, and the short-lived Egyptian-Syrian union see J. Bowen, Six
Days: How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East (London: 2003); J. Ferris, Nasser’s Gamble (New
Jersey: 2013); and J. Jankowski, Nasser’s Egypt, Arab Nationalism, and the United Arab Republic
(Boulder, CO: 2002).

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