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Author:
Cook, Steven A., author.
Title:
False dawn : protest, democracy, and violence in the new Middle East / Steven A. Cook.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xlii, 317 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Subject:
Arab Spring (2010- )
Arab Spring, 2010-
Arab countries--History--21st century.
Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.
Politics and government.
Arab countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights.
2000-2099
History.
Notes:
"A Council on Foreign Relations Book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-304) and index.
Contents:
Prologue : "we are now free" -- Introduction : Springtime -- Freedom's Ride -- Bread! Freedom! Social justice! -- Unraveling -- What Went wrong? -- Getting the Middle East Right -- Freedom Interrupted.
Summary:
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.
ISBN:
0190611413
9780190611415
OCLC:
(OCoLC)971248115
LCCN:
2016050252
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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