01801cam a2200313 i 4500 1047762454 TxGeo 20231117120000.0 230129s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781324021667 hbk. 1324021667 hbk. (OCoLC)1362864491 TxGeo rda Rowell, Alex, author. We are your soldiers : how Gamal Abdel Nasser remade the Arab world / Alex Rowell. New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023] 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-389) and index. We Are Your Soldiers examines seven countries-Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, and Libya-weaving the epic tale of Nasser's dramatic encounters with each to reassess his impact in the Arab sphere. These engagements were often drenched in blood and destruction, leaving deep scars that endure to the present. Rowell shows how the Nasser years were crucial to the formation of regimes as varied as Bashar al-Assad's Syria, Muammar al-Gaddafi's Libya, Saddam Hussein's Iraq and Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi's Egypt. Crushing democracy at home while launching wars and slaying opponents abroad, Nasser ushered in the long political winter from which the region is still yet to emerge. 20231204. Nasser, Gamal Abdel 1918-1970. Arab nationalism Egypt. Egypt History Revolution, 1952. Egypt Politics and government 1952-1970. QS5