Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen

One of the most momentous events in the Arab uprisings that swept across the Middle East in 2011 was the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. As dramatic and sudden as this seemed, it was only one further episode in an ongoing power struggle between the three components of Egypt''s authoritarian regime: the military, the security services, and the government. A detailed study of the interac...