ABSTRACT
Since the 1970s, the US and Egypt have had close, if sometimes difficult, relations, with the US as Egypt’s major aid provider, strategic partner and, at times, critic. From the perspective of Washington, it may sometimes seem as if the history of US–Egyptian relations began with the Henry Kissinger shuttle diplomacy of 1973–75, or Anwar Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem in 1977 and the subsequent Camp David Summit.
