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Arab Spring, Libyan Winter (Paperback)
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Arab Spring, Libyan Winter (Paperback)
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List price R445
Loot Price R366
Discovery Miles 3 660
You Save R79 (18%)
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The Arab Spring captivated the planet. Mass action overthrew
Tunisia's Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak. The revolutionary wave
spread to the far corners of the Arab world, from Morocco to
Bahrain. It seemed as if all the authoritarian states would finally
be freed, even those of the Arabian Peninsula. People's power had
produced this wave, and continued to ride it out. In Libya, though,
the new world order had different ideas. Social forces opposed to
Muammar Qaddafi had begun to rebel, but they were weak. In came the
French and the United States, with promises of glory. A deal
followed with the Saudis, who then sent in their own forces to cut
down the Bahraini revolution, and NATO began its assault, ushering
in a Libyan Winter that cast its shadow over the Arab Spring. This
brief, timely analysis situates the assault on Libya in the context
of the winds of revolt that swept through the Middle East in the
Spring of 2011. Vijay Prashad explores the recent history of the
Qaddafi regime, the social forces who opposed him, and the role of
the United Nations, NATO, and the rest of the world's superpowers
in the bloody civil war that ensued.
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