Fathers and Sons : The Rise and Fall of Political Dynasty in the Middle East ISBN: 9781137297891 Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Palgrave Macmillan Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time Subjects: Political Science;
This book traces the rise of the political dynasty in the Middle East and, in the process, provides the context for the current Arab uprising. The author shows that a father-to-son transfer of power has no basis in Islam, and yet the idea of dynastic power became entrenched in the Middle East.