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

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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 details

Author:
Jean-Pierre Filiu
ISBN:
9781849045469
Publisher:
Hurst and Company
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2017-04-11
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2015
Copyright by:
Jean-Pierre Filiu 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality