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Making the Arab world : Nasser, Qutb, and the clash that shaped the Middle East /

How the conflict between political Islamists and secular-leaning nationalists has shaped the history of the modern Middle EastIn 2013, just two years after the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian military ousted the country's first democratically elected president--Mohamed Morsi of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gerges, Fawaz A., 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Egypt's "Liberal Age"; 2. The Anti-colonial Struggle and the Dawn of Underground Politics; 3. The Free Officers and the Ikhwan; 4. The Birth of the Deep State and Modern Radical Islamism; 5. Young Gamal Abdel Nasser; 6. Young Sayyid Qutb; 7. The Lion of the Arabs; 8. The Accidental Islamist?; 9. Qutb's al-Tanzim al-Sirri; 10. The Decline of the Nasserist Project; 11. Sadat's Coup and the Islamist Revival; 12. The Mubarak Era: Keeping the Ikhwan in the Freezer; Conclusion; Notes; Index.