Soldiers, Spies and Statesmen: Egypt's Road to Revolt by Hazem Kandil ▪ Iranian.com

Gripping analysis of Egypt’s transformation from military regime to police state, on the road to revolution. Revolutions are difficult to understand and almost impossible to predict. Egypt’s 2011 revolt was no exception. The military’s abandonment of Mubarak—a turning point for the revolt—confounded many observers, who assumed that the leader and the generals stood or fell together. The officers, it was thought, ruled from behind the scenes and simply swapped the figures in the spotlight to preserve the status quo. In a challenge to this conventional view, Hazem Kandil presents the revolution 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. 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 how Egypt metamorphosed from a military into a police state—and what that means for the future of its revolution. Read the full article...

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Hey there, happy new year to you as well.
You know how it is; once you're on a short vacation, you really don't wanna come back....MG sent regards.
So, how did you like the book's description? cheers

I like the description .... based on the description alone, this book can equally apply to many other countries... but I have to read it to judge !

Have you realized that democratic and moderate voices from various countries have been treated by those external and internal factors equally to the point that you almost can predict the outcome whenever a true and popular voice comes to power !

I am talking about the leaders such as Mossadeg , Buttto( both the father and daughter) ,Gamal Abdel Nasser and a few more ! They have more similarity than one can imagine both in their dreams about their motherland, in their actions, in their achievements and in their death!

I want to write a book about the moderate voices from certain countries , their struggles, their death , and the hands that caused these voices to be replaced by radicals !

Bring MG back to this site .... I missed calling you MG .. : )