Arab Spring Then and Now: From Hope to Despair

by Robert Fisk, Patrick Cockburn

Middle East conflict and the Arab Spring: Gain insight and learn from two of the most acclaimed experts on the Middle East In December 2010, the “Tunisian Revolution” touched off a wave of protests, riots, revolutions and civil wars throughout the Middle East. Initially the world hoped for positive change – democracy, free elections, and human rights. But, by 2012 the Arab Spring had morphed into “Arab Winter” bringing death, destruction, and despair. The Independent’s Robert Fisk and Patrick Cockburn, two of the most acclaimed Middle East correspondents of our generation, examine the events of this regional tsunami that threatens to have an impact on our world for years to come.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Middle East, Politics, Islam, Religion

292 pages, Paperback

Published February 8, 2017

About the author

Robert Fisk was an English writer and journalist. As Middle East correspondent of The Independent, he has primarily been based in Beirut for more than 30 years. He has published a number of books and has reported on the United States'war in Afghanistan and its 2003 invasion of Iraq. Fisk holds more British and International Journalism awards than any other foreign correspondent. The New York Times once described Robert Fisk as "probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain.

Fisk has said that journalism must "challenge authority, all authority, especially so when governments and politicians take us to war." He is a pacifist and has never voted.

Reviews

[Stuart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ive worked in the Middle East on humanitarian projects, this book is a useful explanation to recent history of the Middle East resulting from popular uprisings.

[Dovydas M · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of previously written articles thus very disjointed with articles alternatively dealing with minute detail or skipping over years of important events. Still worthwhile due to the reporting of highest caliber from both Fisk and Cockburn.