The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life

The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780674065413
ISBN-13 : 0674065417
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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life written by Roger Owen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely, until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. This book exposes for the first time the origins and dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the 20th century.


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