TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cook,Steven A.
TI  - The struggle for Egypt : from Nasser to Tahrir Square
SN  - 9780199795260
U1  - 962.05 C771S 2012 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Include index
N2  - The recent revolution in Egypt has shaken the Arab world to its roots. The most populous Arab country and the historical center of Arab intellectual life, Egypt is a lynchpin of the US's Middle East strategy, receiving more aid than any nation except Israel. This is not the first time that the world and has turned its gaze to Egypt, however. A half century ago, Egypt under Nasser became the putative leader of the Arab world and a beacon for all developing nations. Yet in the decades prior to the 2011 revolution, it was ruled over by a sclerotic regime plagued by nepotism and corruption
ER  -