Cook, Steven A.

False dawn : protest, democracy, and violence in the new Middle East / Steven A. Cook. - xlii, 317 pages : maps

"A Council on Foreign Relations book".

Prologue : we are now free -- Introduction : springtime -- Freedom's ride -- Bread! Dignity! Social justice! -- Unraveling -- What went wrong? -- Getting the Middle East right -- No vision.

In False Dawn, noted Middle East regional expert Steven Cook offers a sweeping narrative account of the past five years, moving from Turkey to Tunisia to Yemen to Iraq to Egypt and beyond, ultimately presenting a powerful theoretical analysis of why the Arab Spring failed.

9780190611415


Arab Spring, 2010-


Arab countries--History--21st century.
Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.

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