The invisible Arab : the promise and peril of the Arab revolutions /
This book is an analysis of the dynamics behind the revolutions in the Middle East, revolutions that blind-sided many in the West who previously understood the Arab world only through the prisms of oil, terrorism or Israel. It shows how the protest movements evolved, what has gone right and how the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Nation Books,
2013
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| Edition: | Pbk. ed. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | This book is an analysis of the dynamics behind the revolutions in the Middle East, revolutions that blind-sided many in the West who previously understood the Arab world only through the prisms of oil, terrorism or Israel. It shows how the protest movements evolved, what has gone right and how the experience of Syria shows how thngs can go wrong. The author argues that the success of the Arab Spring lies in how freedom and justice are realized, and whether fledgling governments and movements can reconcile and accommodate nationalism and Islam with democracy. |
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| Item Description: | Hardcover edition first published in 2012 ; paperback edition published in 2013 with a postscript. "Fully updated"--from cover. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 284 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1568589743 (pbk.) 9781568589749 (pbk.) |