From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy (PDF)

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

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Synopsis: This is a chilling account of how the intelligence agencies of the Arab world sabotaged the people's yearning for democracy by deploying terror and intimidation on an unprecedented scale. In his disturbing and timely political history of the `Deep State in the Middle East, Jean-Pierre Filiu reveals how the autocracies of Syria, Egypt, and Yemen crushed the democratic uprisings of the `Arab Revolution¿. They did so by turning to the shadowy intelligence agencies and internal security arms of the so-called `Deep State¿ ¿ emulating strategies pioneered in Kemalist Turkey ¿ who had decades of experience in dealing with internal dissent, as well as to street gangs (the Baltaguiyya in Egypt) or death squads (the Shabbiha in Syria) to enforce their will.

Book Quality:: Excellent
ISBN-13:: 9781849045469
Publisher:: Hurst and Company
Date of Addition:: 04/11/17
Copyrighted By:: Jean-Pierre Filiu
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Kathleen May
Proofread By:: Kathleen May
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.