TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cook,Steven A.
TI  - The struggle for Egypt: from Nasser to Tahrir Square 
SN  - 9780199931774 (pbk.) :
AV  - DT107.827 .C64 2013  
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1952-1970
KW  - 1970-1981
KW  - 1981-
N1  - "With a new epilogue" -- p.1 of cover; Hardcover edition published in 2012; Includes bibliographical references (p. [365] - 404) and index; Introduction -- Egypt for the Egyptians -- The rise of the officers -- Setback and revolt -- Hero of the crossing -- A tale of two Egypts -- Radar contact lost -- Uprising
N2  - "A half century ago, Egypt under nasser became the putative leader of the Arab world and a beacon for developing nations.  Yet in the decades prior to the 2011 revolution, it was ruled over by a sclerotic regime plagued by nepotism and corruption.  During that time, its economy declined into near shambles, a severely overpopulated Cairo fell into disrepair, and it produced scores of violent Islamic extremists ...  In The struggle for Egypt, now with a new epilogue on the post-Mubarak era, noted regional specialist Steven A. Cook provides a sweeping and incisive account of how this parlous state of affairs came to be, why the revolution occurred, and where Egypt might be headed next." -- From p. 4 of cover
ER  -