Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen: Egypt's Road To Revolt - Paperback

by Hazem Kandil (Author)

One of the most momentous events in the Arab uprisings that swept across the Middle East in 2011 was the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. As dramatic and sudden as this seemed, it was only one further episode in an ongoing power struggle between the three components of Egypt's authoritarian regime: the military, the security services, and the government. A detailed study of the interactions within this invidious triangle over six decades of war, conspiracy, and sociopolitical transformation, Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen is the first systematic analysis of recent Egyptian history.

Author Biography

Hazem Kandil is a Lecturer in Sociology and St. Catharine's College Fellow at Cambridge University. He has also taught at the American University in Cairo and the University of California, Los Angeles.