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Arab Fall - How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 Days (Hardcover)
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Arab Fall - How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 Days (Hardcover)
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How did Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood win power so quickly after the
dramatic "Arab Spring" uprising that ended President Hosni
Mubarak's thirty-year reign in February 2011? And why did the
Brotherhood fall from power even more quickly, culminating with the
popular "rebellion" and military coup that toppled Egypt's first
elected president, Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, in July 2013?
In Arab Fall, Eric Trager examines the Brotherhood's decision
making throughout this critical period, explaining its reasons for
joining the 2011 uprising, running for a majority of the seats in
the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections, and nominating a
presidential candidate despite its initial promise not to do so.
Based on extensive research in Egypt and interviews with dozens of
Brotherhood leaders and cadres including Morsi, Trager argues that
the very organizational characteristics that helped the Brotherhood
win power also contributed to its rapid downfall. The Brotherhood's
intensive process for recruiting members and its rigid nationwide
command-chain meant that it possessed unparalleled mobilizing
capabilities for winning the first post-Mubarak parliamentary and
presidential elections. Yet the Brotherhood's hierarchical
organizational culture, in which dissenters are banished and
critics are viewed as enemies of Islam, bred exclusivism. This
alienated many Egyptians, including many within Egypt's state
institutions. The Brotherhood's insularity also prevented its
leaders from recognizing how quickly the country was slipping from
their grasp, leaving hundreds of thousands of Muslim Brothers
entirely unprepared for the brutal crackdown that followed Morsi's
overthrow. Trager concludes with an assessment of the current state
of Egyptian politics and examines the Brotherhood's prospects for
reemerging.
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