Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook565 pages8 hours
Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen: Egypt's Road to Revolt
By Hazem Kandil
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Revolutions are difficult to understand, let alone predict. Egypt’s revolt last year was no exception. The military’s abandonment of Mubarak confused many observers, who had always assumed that the leader and the generals stood or fell together. But as the violence of the transitional period discredited the armed forces, academics fell back in relief on the same age-old assumptions about officers who rule from behind the scenes and change the figures on stage to preserve the status quo.
In a challenge to this conventional view, Hazem Kandil presents the revolt as the latest episode in an ongoing power struggle between the three components of Egypt’s authoritarian regime: the military, the security services and the political apparatus. Through a detailed study of the interactions within this invidious triangle over six decades of war, conspiracies, and sociopolitical transformations, the book presents the first systematic analysis of how Egypt metamorphosed from a military to a police state, and what that means for the future of its revolution.
In a challenge to this conventional view, Hazem Kandil presents the revolt as the latest episode in an ongoing power struggle between the three components of Egypt’s authoritarian regime: the military, the security services and the political apparatus. Through a detailed study of the interactions within this invidious triangle over six decades of war, conspiracies, and sociopolitical transformations, the book presents the first systematic analysis of how Egypt metamorphosed from a military to a police state, and what that means for the future of its revolution.
Unavailable
Related to Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen
Related ebooks
Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Populist Delusion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Civil-military Relationship: Now and Then Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom People’s War to People’s Rule: Insurgency, Intervention, and the Lessons of Vietnam Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Tom Butler-Bowdon's 50 Politics Classics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Modern State and Its Enemies: Democracy, Nationalism and Antisemitism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArms and the People: Popular Movements and the Military from the Paris Commune to the Arab Spring Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMexico: the Genesis of Its Political Decomposition: (Miguel Alemán Valdés: 1936 to 1952) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHegemony Now: How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World (And How We Win it Back) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Civil Resistance Against Coups: A Comparative and Historical Perspective Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cultural Contradictions of Democracy: Political Thought since September 11 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory of the French Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoverning the military: The armed forces under democracy in Chile Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe French Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBad Strategies: How Major Powers Fail Counterinsurgency Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5John Stuart Mill on Tyranny and Liberty: Wisdom from a Founder of Modern Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parallelism: a Handbook of Social Analysis: The Study of Revolution & Hegemonic War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Francis Fukuyama's End of History and the Last Man Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRevolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFor a Left Populism Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Revolution and the Global Struggle for Modernity: Volume 1 - The Atlantic Revolutions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCreating Chaos: Covert Political Warfare, from Truman to Putin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of On Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder - A Comprehensive Summary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDemocracy Disrupted: The Politics of Global Protest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism: Illiberal Intelligentsia and the Future of Egyptian Democracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStasis Before the State: Nine Theses on Agonistic Democracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Concise History of American Politics: U S Political Science up to the 21St Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Military Revolution and Political Change: Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Liberty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
World Politics For You
The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Mollie Hemingway's Rigged Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat's Really Happening on Planet Earth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Six Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A World Without Jews Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Battle for Justice in Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestine: A Socialist Introduction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dear Leader: My Escape from North Korea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ten Myths About Israel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ishtar Rising: Why the Goddess Went to Hell and What to Expect Now That She’s Returning Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of The 1619 Project: by Nikole Hannah-Jones - A Comprehensive Summary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel is Coming to an End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Reviews for Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
1 rating0 reviews