Based on comparative historical analyses of Iran, Jordan, and Kuwait, Sean L. Yom examines the foreign interventions, coalitional choices, and state outcomes that made the political regimes of the modern Middle East. A key text for foreign policy scholars, From Resilience to Revolution shows how outside interference can corrupt the most basic choices of governance: who to reward, who to punish, who to compensate, and who to manipulate.
As colonial rule dissolved in the 1930s and 1950s, Middle Eastern autocrats constructed new political states to solidify their reigns, with varying results. Why did equally ambitious authoritarians meet such unequal fates? Yom ties the durability of Middle Eastern regimes to their geopolitical origins. At the dawn of the postcolonial era, many autocratic states had little support from their people and struggled to overcome widespread opposition. When foreign powers intervened to bolster these regimes, they unwittingly sabotaged the prospects for long-term stability by discouraging leaders from reaching out to their people and bargaining for mass support—early coalitional decisions that created repressive institutions and planted the seeds for future unrest. Only when they were secluded from larger geopolitical machinations did Middle Eastern regimes come to grips with their weaknesses and build broader coalitions.
- Créditos
- Capítulo 1: LOS PRIMEROS ATENTADOS CONTRA OCCIDENTE AL SUR DEL SÁHARA
- Capítulo 2: DEL GENERAL HANON AL PRESIDENTE CLINTON
- Capítulo 3: EL GENOCIDIO RUANDÉS
- Capítulo 4: MEJOR POBRES Y LIBRES QUE RICOS Y ESCLAVOS
- Capítulo 5: El KIVU: CRUCE DE CIVILIZACIONES Y DE NIÑOS SOLDADO
- Capítulo 6: LA PRIMERA GUERRA MUNDIAL AFRICANA
- Capítulo 7: ROBERT MUGABE: RETRATO DE HÉROE CONVERTIDO EN VILLANO, CON FONDO DE VILLANO CONVERTIDO EN HÉROE
- Capítulo 8: ‘KIN LA BELLE, KIN LA POUBELLE’
- Capítulo 9: ANGOLA, El ESCENARIO CALIENTE DE LA GUERRA FRÍA
- Capítulo 10: POBRE, SOLA Y MUJER, PARIA DEL GÉNERO HUMANO
- Capítulo 11: EL ITURI: EL CORAZÓN DE ÁFRICA ENTRE EL CONGO Y EL NILO
- Capítulo 12: MILLONES Y MILLONES DE BARRILES DE PETRÓLEO Y MILLONES Y MILLONES DE NIGERIANOS
- Capítulo 13: DÍA DE DOMINGO EN FREETOWN
- Capítulo 14: LA ESTAMPA DEL MITO
- Capítulo 15: BLANCOS NO TAN BLANCOS, NEGROS NO TAN NEGROS
- Capítulo 16: DEL EMIRATO DE BONGO AL IMPERIO DE BOKASA
- Capítulo 17: MUCHOS INTERESES, POCAS SOLUCIONES
- CAPÍTULO 18: UN PARAÍSO CON VOCACIÓN DE INFIERNO
- Capítulo 19: LA MAGIA DE MANDELA
- Capítulo 20: EL AMIGO DE ESPAÑA Y EL NEGRO DE BAÑOLES
- Capítulo 21: LA REINA SOFÍA Y EL AIRE DE LA LIBERTAD
- Capítulo 22: EL LEGADO DEL REY SALOMÓN: UNA MUERTE SILENCIOSA
- Capítulo 23: LA LARGA SOMBRA DE DARFUR
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