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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA valuable work that makes a strong contribution to the study of Middle Eastern politics. -- Michael Herb, Georgia State University This outstanding work of comparative political history shows the complex interaction between the global and the local and the enduring effects of choices made during constitutive moments in state formation. Washington Post - 15 Best Middle East Books [A] richly theoretical analysis, elegantly written and supported by the most recent comparative political literature... This is a compelling study not just for Middle Eastern studies but also for comparative politics in general. Choice A very good book. It is well written, researched, and argued, and it provides a compelling explanation of outcomes that remain highly salient to both political theorists and practitioners. Middle East Journal Impressive... Yom's nuanced transnational account broadens our understanding of regime durability in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Journal of Politics Sean L. Yom has written a brilliant yet easily digestible monograph that explains the essential problem facing regimes in the Middle East today. Political Science Quarterly
Table of ContentsA Note on Transliteration and Interviews Acknowledgments 1. The Argument and the Cases 2. Coalitions, State-Building, and Geopolitical Mediation 3. Conflict and Compromise in Kuwait 4. Inclusion and Stability in a Populist Autocracy 5. Cliency and Coercion in Iran 6. Exclusionary Politics and the Revolutionary End 7. A Conflict Interrupted in Jordan 8. Recurrent Tensions and Tenuous Survival Under Hashemite Rule 9. The Geopolitical Origins of Durable Political Order Notes Bibliography Index
