Into the hands of the soldiers : freedom and chaos in Egypt and the Middle East / David D. Kirkpatrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkpatrick, David D., 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and government.

Egypt--Politics and government--2011-.

Egypt.

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-2013.

History.

Egypt--History--Coup d'état, 2013.

Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.

Middle East.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

History.

Physical Description:

370 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]

Summary:

A candid narrative of how and why the Arab Spring sparked, then failed, and the truth about America's role in that failure and the subsequent military coup that put Sisi in power--from the Middle East correspondent of the New York Times. In 2011, Egyptians of all sects, ages, and social classes shook off millennia of autocracy, then elected a Muslim Brotherhood president. The 2013 military coup replaced him with a vigorous strongman, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has cracked down on any dissent or opposition with a degree of ferocity Mubarak never dared. What went wrong? Is the Arab world stuck between military and theocratic authoritarianism? And how did Washington manage to be so feckless and reactive? Egypt has for centuries set in motion every major trend in politics and culture across the Arab world, from independence and Arab nationalism to Islamic modernism, political Islam, and the jihadist thought that led to Al Qaeda and ISIS. The Arab Spring revolts of 2011 spread from Cairo, so Americans naturally look to its disastrous democratic experiment with cynical exasperation; but they fail to understand the dynamic of the uprising, the hidden story of its failure, and Washington's part in that tragedy. David D. Kirkpatrick arrived in Egypt less than six months before the uprising broke out. The book juxtaposes his account of Tahrir Square, the elections, and the eventual coup, with new reporting on the conflicts within the Obama administration over how to handle the tumult. It is the story of Kirkpatrick's education in the Arab world, in a time of revolution and violence.

Contents:

Whoever drinks the water

City of contradictions : August 14, 2010-January 1, 2011

Police day : January 24, 2011-February 11, 2011

We don't do that anymore : February 12, 2011-September 11, 2011

The first lady and the blue bra : March 8, 2011-December 20, 2011

The Theban Legion : May 7, 2011-October 9, 2011

How the downfall of a state can happen : July 23, 2011-November 24, 2011

Forefathers : November 27, 2011-January 22, 2012

Parliament grows a beard : January 23, 2012-May 23, 2012

Thug versus thug : May 23, 2012-June 17, 2012

The judges club : June 17, 2012-June 30, 2012

The night of power : June 30, 2012-November 19, 2012

A day in court : July 4, 2012-September 11, 2012

President and Mrs. Morsi : November 19, 2012-November 23, 2012

Under the cloak : November 22, 2012-December 3, 2012

A rumble at the palace : December 3, 2012-December 7, 2012

Murder, rape, Christians, and spies : December 8, 2012-March 9, 2013

The view from the west : March 12, 2013-April 24, 2013

A new front : April 24, 2013-May 1, 2013

A dutiful son : May 1, 2013-June 23, 2013

June 30 : May 25, 2013-July 3, 2013

Coup d'�etat : July 4, 2013

Killing themselves : July 3, 2013-July 24, 2013

A lion : July 24, 2013-August 6, 2013

Clearing the square : August 14, 2013-August 15, 2013

Jihadis in the White House : August 15, 2013

Retribution : August 14, 2013-June 1, 2017

Deep state : August 14, 2013-June 1, 2017.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kirkpatrick, David D., 1970- Into the hands of the soldiers.

ISBN:

9780735220621

073522062X

OCLC:

1019883036