Reviews
"[A] tremendous read." --Al Ahram Weekly"Recommended." --Choice"Prominent Egyptian economist and historical commentator Gamal Amin presents this new history of contemporary Egypt documenting the politics, international relations, and social and intellectual history of the Mubarak era. The work tackles a variety of themes, including corruption, the economy and the poor, middle class prospects, intellectual life, the press, religious discourse, and Egyptian relations in the region and with the United States, and attempts to place the regime in the larger narrative of Egyptian history since its independence in 1953."DLReference and Research Book News"In this perceptive and insightful book, Amin does more than characterize Mubarak's era, but rather compares Mubarak's presidency with that of Sadat and Nasser before him. Mubarak's terms have been characterized less by ideology and more by the imperative of maintaining power, according to Amin. This book, like others he has written, is enhanced by personal anecdotes."DLThe Global Ministries, "[A] tremendous read." --Al Ahram Weekly "Recommended." --Choice "Prominent Egyptian economist and historical commentator Gamal Amin presents this new history of contemporary Egypt documenting the politics, international relations, and social and intellectual history of the Mubarak era. The work tackles a variety of themes, including corruption, the economy and the poor, middle class prospects, intellectual life, the press, religious discourse, and Egyptian relations in the region and with the United States, and attempts to place the regime in the larger narrative of Egyptian history since its independence in 1953."Reference and Research Book News "In this perceptive and insightful book, Amin does more than characterize Mubarak's era, but rather compares Mubarak's presidency with that of Sadat and Nasser before him. Mubarak's terms have been characterized less by ideology and more by the imperative of maintaining power, according to Amin. This book, like others he has written, is enhanced by personal anecdotes."The Global Ministries, [A] tremendous read. Al Ahram Weekly In this perceptive and insightful book, Amin does more than characterize Mubarak s era, but rather compares Mubarak s presidency with that of Sadat and Nasser before him. Clearly, Amin is sympathetic to Nasser more than either of Sadat and Mubarak, but his approach, as an economist and as a social commentator, provides helpful perspective on the post-1952 revolution. Mubarak s terms have been characterized less by ideology and more by the imperative of maintaining power, according to Amin. This book, like others he has written, is enhanced by personal anecdotes. The Global Ministries Recommended. Choice, "[A] tremendous read." --Al Ahram Weekly"Recommended." --Choice"Prominent Egyptian economist and historical commentator Gamal Amin presents this new history of contemporary Egypt documenting the politics, international relations, and social and intellectual history of the Mubarak era. The work tackles a variety of themes, including corruption, the economy and the poor, middle class prospects, intellectual life, the press, religious discourse, and Egyptian relations in the region and with the United States, and attempts to place the regime in the larger narrative of Egyptian history since its independence in 1953."'e"Reference and Research Book News"In this perceptive and insightful book, Amin does more than characterize Mubarak's era, but rather compares Mubarak's presidency with that of Sadat and Nasser before him. Mubarak's terms have been characterized less by ideology and more by the imperative of maintaining power, according to Amin. This book, like others he has written, is enhanced by personal anecdotes."'e"The Global Ministries, "[A] tremendous read." --Al Ahram Weekly"Recommended." --Choice"Prominent Egyptian economist and historical commentator Gamal Amin presents this new history of contemporary Egypt documenting the politics, international relations, and social and intellectual history of the Mubarak era. The work tackles a variety of themes, including corruption, the economy and the poor, middle class prospects, intellectual life, the press, religious discourse, and Egyptian relations in the region and with the United States, and attempts to place the regime in the larger narrative of Egyptian history since its independence in 1953."--Reference and Research Book News"In this perceptive and insightful book, Amin does more than characterize Mubarak's era, but rather compares Mubarak's presidency with that of Sadat and Nasser before him. Mubarak's terms have been characterized less by ideology and more by the imperative of maintaining power, according to Amin. This book, like others he has written, is enhanced by personal anecdotes."--The Global Ministries