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082	0	4	_a352.23/0917/4927
100	1		_aOwen, Roger, _d1935- _953560
245	1	4	_aThe rise and fall of Arab presidents for life / _cRoger Owen.
246	3		_aRise & fall of Arab presidents for life
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bHarvard University Press, _cc2012.
300			_axi, 248 p. : _bill., map ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-226) and index.
505	0		_aThe search for sovereignty in an insecure world -- The origins of the presidential security state -- Basic components of the regimes -- Centralized state systems in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria -- Presidents as managers in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen -- Constrained presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein -- The monarchical security states of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman -- The politics of succession -- The question of Arab exceptionalism -- The sudden fall.
520			_aExamines the origins and dynamics of the governmental system that defined the Arab Middle East in the twentieth century.
521	2		_aAdult
521	2		_aAdult.
650		0	_aPresidents _zArab countries _xHistory. _953561
650		0	_aPresidents _zMiddle East _xHistory. _953562
650		0	_aMonarchy _zArab countries. _953563
650		0	_aMonarchy _zMiddle East. _953564
650		0	_aAuthoritarianism _zArab countries. _942690
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650		7	_aPresidents _zArab countries _xHistory. _953561
650		7	_aPresidents _zMiddle East _xHistory. _953562
650		7	_aMonarchy _zArab countries. _953563
650		7	_aMonarchy _zMiddle East. _953564
650		7	_aFascism _zArab countries. _953565
650		7	_aTotalitarianism _zArab countries. _953566
650		7	_aFascism _zMiddle East. _953567
650		7	_aTotalitarianism _zMiddle East. _953568
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