Militarizing the nation : the army, business, and revolution in Egypt / Zeinab Abul-Magd.
Militarizing the nation : the army, business, and revolution in Egypt / Zeinab Abul-Magd.
Militarizing the nation : the army, business, and revolution in Egypt / Zeinab Abul-Magd.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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G 2017/1498
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii, 326 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : the officer has saved the nation -- Socialism without socialists (1950s-1970s) -- The good 1980s : arms, consumerism, and scandals -- Neoliberal officers make big money (1990s-2000s) -- The republic of retired generals (1990s-2000s) -- Angry workers, Islamist grocers, and revolutionar...
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
The Egyptian army decided to intervene and take down existing regimes three times in the post-colonial state: once in 1952, and again more recently in 2011 and 2013. In old and new cases of intervention, the military institution deployed the same nationalist rhetoric about its duty as the "guardian" of the nation and the protector of national secur...
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Militarizing the nation : the army, business, and revolution in Egypt / Zeinab Abul-Magd.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/1498
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74VKVV5GExDA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVV5GExDA
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ISBN
0231170629 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780231170628 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
962.05
MMS ID
991024098760302626
