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Militarizing the Nation : The Army, Business, and Revolution in Egypt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231542807
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Militarizing the NationDDC classification:
  • 962.05
LOC classification:
  • DT107.827 .A29 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Officer Has Saved the Nation -- 1. Socialism Without Socialists (1950s-1970s) -- 2. The Good 1980s: Arms, Consumerism, and Scandals -- 3. Neoliberal Officers Make Big Money (1990s-2000s) -- 4. The Republic of Retired Generals (1990s-2000s) -- 5. Angry Workers, Islamist Grocers, and Revolutionary Generals (2011-2014) -- Conclusion: Demilitarizing Egypt? -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Zeinab Abul-Magd examines both the visible and often invisible efforts by Egypt's semi-autonomous military to hegemonize the country's politics, economy, and society over the past six decades to show how it gains and maintains control.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Officer Has Saved the Nation -- 1. Socialism Without Socialists (1950s-1970s) -- 2. The Good 1980s: Arms, Consumerism, and Scandals -- 3. Neoliberal Officers Make Big Money (1990s-2000s) -- 4. The Republic of Retired Generals (1990s-2000s) -- 5. Angry Workers, Islamist Grocers, and Revolutionary Generals (2011-2014) -- Conclusion: Demilitarizing Egypt? -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index.

Zeinab Abul-Magd examines both the visible and often invisible efforts by Egypt's semi-autonomous military to hegemonize the country's politics, economy, and society over the past six decades to show how it gains and maintains control.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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