@article{10.4159/harvard.9780674065413, recid = {1399534}, author = {Owen, Roger,}, title = {The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life [electronic resource] /}, publisher = {Harvard University Press,}, address = {Cambridge, Mass. :}, number = {10.4159/harvard.9780674065413}, pages = {1 online resource (xi, 248 p.) :}, year = {2012}, abstract = {The monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely.until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. This book exposes for the first time the origins and dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the 20th century.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1399534}, }