 | Militarizing the Nation: The Army, Business, and Revolution in Egypt Subjects: Egypt -- Armed Forces -- Political activity; Egypt -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Egypt -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Egypt -- Economic conditions -- 1952–; Zeinab Abul-Magd examines both the visible and often invisible efforts by Egypt's semi-autonomous military to hegemonize the country's politics, economy, and society over the past six decades to show how it gains and maintains control. Zeinab Abul-Magd is associate professor of Middle Eastern history at Oberlin College. She is the author of Imagined Empires: A History of Revolt in Egypt (2013) and coeditor of Businessmen in Arms: How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region (2016). |
