Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; A Note on Transliteration; Chapter 1: Introduction: Critical Discourse Analysis and the Power of the 1973 War in Egypt; 1.1 The Objectives; 1.2 Book Layout; 1.3 Conclusion; Chapter 2: State and Memory Under Sadat: Language, Politics and the 1973 War Discourse in Egypt; 2.1 Textual Patterns: Macro-themes; 2.1.1 Egypt Had a Massive and Consistent Victory; 2.1.1.1 'Enemy's Greater Loss of Material Strength'; 2.1.1.2 'Enemy's Loss of Morale'; 2.1.1.3 The Enemy's 'Open Admission' of Defeat by 'Giving Up His Intentions'

2.1.2 War Religionised/ Miraclised2.1.2.1 'Divine' War, Victory; 2.1.2.2 Historical Analogy; 2.1.2.3 The Tekbir Effect; 2.1.2.4 Miraclising the War; 2.1.3 War Personified/Personalised; 2.1.3.1 War Personified; 2.1.3.2 War Personalised; 2.2 Linguistic Features: Grammar, Semantics and Pragmatics; 2.2.1 Transitivity; 2.2.2 Modality; 2.2.3 Metaphor and Wording; 2.3 Conclusion; Chapter 3: State and Memory Under Mubarak: Language, Politics and the 1973 War Discourse in Egypt; 3.1 Textual Patterns: Macro-themes; 3.1.1 Egypt Secured a Massive and Consistent Victory; 3.1.2 War Personified/Personalised

3.1.3 War Religionised/Miraclised3.2 Linguistic Patterns: Grammar, Semantics and Pragmatics; 3.2.1 Transitivity; 3.2.2 Modality; 3.2.3 Metaphor and Wording; 3.3 Conclusion; Chapter 4: Socio-Political Practices Under Sadat; 4.1 Authoritarian President; 4.2 Authoritarian Media System; 4.3 'Islamist Revival'; 4.4 National Narrative Fidelity; 4.4.1 Other Newspapers; 4.4.2 General Books; 4.4.3 School Textbooks; 4.4.4 Features and Arts; 4.5 Conclusion; Chapter 5: Socio-Political Practices Under Mubarak; 5.1 Authoritarian President; 5.2 Getting Closer to Sadat; 5.3 Authoritarian Media System

5.4 National Narrative Fidelity5.4.1 Other Newspapers; 5.4.2 School Textbooks; 5.4.3 General Books; 5.4.4 Features and Arts; 5.5 Conclusion; Chapter 6: The Death of War Discourse? Explaining Change and Continuity; 6.1 Official Discourse: Mubarak in 18 Days; 6.2 Failed Socio-Politics; 6.3 The War Discourse Upgraded; 6.4 Explaining the Metamorphosis: Discourse and Memory; 6.5 Conclusion; Chapter 7: Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix 1: Patterning Israel's Material Loss Through Al-ahram's Wartime Reporting; Appendix 2: Patterning the 1973 War as Divine Act Through the Wartime Reporting in Al-ahram

Appendix 3: Patterning the 1973 War as Miraclised Act Through the Wartime Reporting in Al-ahramAppendix 4: Patterning Sadat as War Personified in Mubarak's Speeches Quoted in Al-ahram; Appendix 5: Patterning the 1973 War as Miraclised Act in Mubarak's Speeches; Appendix 6: Patterning the 1973 War as Miraclised Act by Reporters, Editors and Writers in Al-ahram During the Era of Mubarak/Patterning the 1973 War as Part of Curricula in International Academic and Military Schools; Appendix 7: Patterning the 1973 War as the Makings of the 'October Spirit'; Bibliography; Websites; Al-Masry Al-Youm