Corrective Revolution - Egypt

Egypt

The Corrective Revolution was the name of Anwar El Sadat's change of policies after succeeding the late Gamal Abdel Nasser as President of Egypt. His ascent to power began in October 1970, and the Corrective Revolution reached full bloom in early 1971. It involved purging Nasserist members of the government and security forces, often considered pro-Soviet and leftwing, and drumming up popular support by presenting the takeover as a continuation of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, while at the same time radically changing track on issues of foreign policy, economy, and ideology. Sadat's Corrective Revolution also included the imprisonment of other political forces in Egypt, including liberals, and Islamists. The imprisonment of Islamists had a strong effect later on, as these Islamists were often members of the Takfir wal-Hijra movement and the Corrective Revolution marked the beginning of the crackdown that caused them to spread across the Arab World, and Europe, ultimately resulting in the spread of radical political Islam in these regions, and also the assassination of Sadat.