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False Dawn - Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East (Paperback)
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False Dawn - Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East (Paperback)
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More than half a decade after Arabs across the Middle East across
the Middle East poured into the streets to demand change, hopes for
democracy have disappeared in a maelstrom of violence and renewed
state repression. In False Dawn, noted Middle East expert Steven A.
Cook looks at the trajectory of events across the region from the
initial uprising in Tunisia to the failed coup attempt in Turkey to
explain why the Arab Spring uprisings did not succeed. Despite
appearances, there were no true revolutions in the Middle East
seven years ago: none of the affected societies underwent social
revolutions, and the old structures of power were never eliminated.
Even supposed successes like Tunisia still face significant
barriers to democracy because of the continued strength of old
regime players. Libya, the state that came closest to revolution,
has fragmented into chaos, and Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, has undertaken a widespread crackdown on his opponents,
reinforcing the Turkish leader's personal power. After taking stock
of how and why the uprisings failed to produce lasting change, Cook
considers the role of the United States in the region. What
Washington cannot do, Cook argues, is shape the politics of the
Middle East going forward. While many in the policymaking community
believe that the United States must "get the Middle East right,"
American influence is actually quite limited; the future of the
region lies in the hands of the people who live there.
Authoritative and powerfully argued, False Dawn is a major work on
one of the most important historical events of the past quarter
century.
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