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100	1		_aBurns, Sean _918323
245	1	0	_aRevolts and the Military in the Arab Spring : _bPopular Uprisings and the Politics of Repression _cSean Burns
260			_aLondon : _bI.B.Taurus, _cc2018.
300			_axvii, 360 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aLibrary of modern Middle East studies ; _v199
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-343) and index.
520			_aThrough detailed exploration of events in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Syria and Yemen, Sean Burns here breaks down the concept of professionalism within the armed forces into its component parts and demonstrates how variation in military structures determines their behavior. In so doing, and by emphasizing historical context and drawing on a wide range of political science theory, Burns sheds fresh light onto the ways in which military structure affects the potential for democratic transition or the course of the civil war. With this book, he presented a wide-ranging study of the Middle East which provides key tools to understanding the opportunities for democratization, both during the Arab Spring and beyond, and which is therefore essential reading for anyone working on the Middle East, popular uprisings and the politics of repression.
650		0	_aArab Spring, 2010- _9468
830		0	_aLibrary of modern Middle East studies ; _918324
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