We Are Your Soldiers Audiobook Libro.fm

A gripping accountEssential reading to understand the roots of the 2011 Arab Spring and the conflicts that have devastated so much of the regionEUGENE ROGAN author of The Arabs A History

President Gamal Abdel Nasser who ruled Egypt for eighteen years from the coup detat of 1952 is best known in the West for wresting the Suez Canal from the British and French empires He was a largerthanlife figure loved by his followers for his nationalist ideals and for heralding a period of social change and modernisation Yet there is a darker side to Nassers regime

We Are Your Soldiersexamines Nassers influence on the politics of seven countries Egypt Iraq Syria Lebanon Jordan Yemen and Libya Rowell argues that Nasser played a crucial role in the formation of authoritarian regimes as varied as Bashar alAssads Syria Muammar alGaddafis Libya and Saddam Husseins Iraq His encounters with each country were often drenched in blood and destruction leaving deep scars that endure to the present Crushing democracy at home while launching wars and slaying opponents abroad Nasser ushered in the long political winter from which the region is still yet to emerge
Drawing on extensive interviews and material never before published in English Alex Rowell presents a thrilling and eyeopening work of history that radically reexamines Middle Eastern politics

A rollicking and revelatory tour of todays Middle East a masterful reassessment of history THANASSIS CAMBANISauthor of Once Upon a Revolution An Egyptian Story