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Fathers and sons : the rise and fall of political dynasty in the Middle East / M. E. McMillan.

Title: Fathers and sons : the rise and fall of political dynasty in the Middle East / M. E. McMillan.
Author: McMillan, M. E.
Publication: New York : Plagrave MacMillan, 2013.

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211 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

In December 2010, a revolution began in Tunisia that rocked the Arab world and ripped up the political rulebook of the Middle East. For generations, power in the Arab world has been monopolized by monarchs or military men. The idea of dynastic power had become so deeply entrenched that, in the twenty-first century, presidents began to act like kings and appoint their sons to succeed them. Yet, this father-to-son transfer of power has absolutely no basis in Islam. To understand how the countries of the Middle East came to be ruled by a system that is distinctly un-Islamic, Fathers and Sons: The Rise and Fall of Political Dynasty in the Middle East traces the history of power in the Arab world from the Prophet to the present and reveals the story behind the headlines of the Arab Spring.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

1 Companions to Caliphs: The Prophet's First Successors 9 -- 2 Dynasty: The Origins of the One-Party State 19 -- 3 A Dangerous Liaison: The Monarchy and Their Military 43 -- 4 On the Other Side of Power: The Arab World from Imperialism to Independence 71 -- 5 Patterns of Power, 1945-2010: Republics and Royalty 103 -- 6 God Is Greater: The Politics of Prayer 141.

ISBN

9781137308115 (hardback : alk. paper)
1137308117 (hardback : alk. paper)

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^^2012051576

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Harvard Library