num_pages: 312
description: Revolutions are difficult to understand and almost impossible to predict. Egypts 2011 revolt was no exception. The militarys abandonment of Mubaraka turning point for the revoltconfounded 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 Egypts authoritarian 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 stateand what that means for the future of its revolution.
language: English
title: Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen: Egypt's Road to Revolt
publisher: Verso