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.