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False Dawn - Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East (Hardcover)
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False Dawn - Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East (Hardcover)
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Half a decade after Arabs 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. Egypt remains
an authoritarian state, Syria and Yemen are in the midst of
devastating civil wars, Libya has descended into anarchy, and the
self-declared Islamic State rules a large swath of territory. Even
Turkey, which also experienced large-scale protests, has abandoned
its earlier shift toward openness and democracy and now more
closely resembles an autocracy. How did things go so wrong so
quickly across a wide range of regimes? In False Dawn, noted Middle
East regional expert Steven A. Cook looks at the trajectory of
events across the region from the initial uprising in Tunisia to
the failed coup in Turkey to explain why the Arab Spring did not
succeed. Despite appearances, there were no true revolutions in the
Middle East five 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 used the recent coup against him as
grounds for 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 promises to be a major work on one of the most
important historical events of the past quarter century.
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