| The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life: With a New Afterword Subjects: Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 1945–; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945–; Presidents -- Arab countries -- History; Presidents -- Middle East -- History; Arab countries -- Kings and rulers; Middle East -- Kings and rulers; Monarc; The monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely--until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life exposes for the first time the origins and dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the twentieth century. OwenRoger: Roger Owen is A. J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. |