{"product_id":"we-are-your-soldiers-9781398514218","title":"We Are Your Soldiers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A gripping account. Essential reading to understand the roots of the 2011 Arab Spring and the conflicts that have devastated so much of the region' \u003c\/b\u003eEUGENE ROGAN, author of\u003ci\u003e The Arabs: A History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ______________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who ruled Egypt for eighteen years from the coup d'etat of 1952, is best known in the West for wresting the Suez Canal from the British and French empires. He was a larger-than-life 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 Nasser’s regime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are Your Soldiers \u003c\/i\u003eexamines Nasser’s 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 al-Assad’s Syria, Muam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 400 \u003cb\u003eblood-soaked pages,\u003c\/b\u003e he traces Nasser’s toxic influence from one Arab capital to another, from plots in officers’ club rooms via palace coups and well-equipped torture chambers. \u003cb\u003eRowell is an eloquent writer, weaving the intrigue into the region’s wider history.\u003c\/b\u003e * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003egripping \u003c\/b\u003eaccount of Egypt’s 1952 Revolution and Gamal Abdel Nasser’s legacy on the Arab world as a whole. Alex  \u003cb\u003eEssential reading\u003c\/b\u003e to understand the roots of the 2011 Arab Spring and the conflicts that have devastated so much of the region down to the present. \u003cb\u003eA brilliant book\u003c\/b\u003e' -- Eugene Rogan, author of The Arabs: A History\u003cbr\u003e'Gamal Abdel Nasser is the most consequential Arab leader of the twentieth century, and with every major event in the region it becomes necessary to revisit his legacy. Alex Rowell has produced \u003cb\u003ean essential piece of work on Nasser’s legacy in light of the historic Arab uprisings and the advent of social media that have laid bare many of our sacred cultural icons\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWe Are Your Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea scholarly book written with journalistic flair, a beautiful narrative, and compelling research\u003c\/b\u003e' -- Hassan Hassan, coauthor of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror\u003cbr\u003e'Alex Rowell takes us on\u003cb\u003e a rollicking and revelatory tour of today’s Middle East\u003c\/b\u003e, casting new light with \u003cb\u003ea masterful reassessment of history.\u003c\/b\u003e He peers beneath the familiar tumult of revolt and repression, and finds Gamal Abdel Nasser, a titanic and charismatic figure whose hand seems, from beyond the grave, to still steer events across the Arab world' -- Thanassis Cambanis, author of Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian Story\u003cbr\u003e'In this richly documented book, Alex Rowell offers a \u003cb\u003efascinating \u003c\/b\u003eaccount of Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise in Egypt and his decades-long influence on politics, policies, and political culture in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, and Libya. Intense and thrilling, \u003ci\u003eWe Are Your Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea journey through tumultuous moments and events that shaped the contemporary history of the Arab world\u003c\/b\u003e' -- Ziad Majed, Elliott E. Burdette Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, American University of Paris\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eEntertaining \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003ea sweeping account of the Egyptian leader’s role in shaping his country and the wider region — and his continuing influence today\u003c\/b\u003e' * Financial Times *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866632139095,"sku":"9781398514218","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781398514218.jpg?v=1722279552","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-are-your-soldiers-9781398514218","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}