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Title: The Arab Uprisings

Subtitle: What Everyone Needs to Know

Author: James L. Gelvin

Narrator: Mark Moseley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 40 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Beginning in December 2010 popular revolt swept through the Middle East, shocking the world and ushering in a period of unprecedented unrest. Protestors took to the streets to demand greater freedom, democracy, human rights, social justice, and regime change. What caused these uprisings? What is their significance? And what are their likely consequences?

In an engaging question-and-answer format, The Arab Uprisings explores all aspects of the revolutionary protests that have rocked the Middle East. Historian James Gelvin begins with an overview - What sparked the Arab uprisings? Where did the demands for democracy and human rights come from? How appropriate is the phrase Arab Spring? - before turning to specific countries around the region. He looks at such topics as the role of youth, labor, and religious groups in Tunisia and Egypt and discusses why the military turned against rulers in both countries. Exploring the uprisings in Libya and Yemen, Gelvin explains why these two states are considered "weak", why that status is important for understanding the upheavals there, and why outside powers intervened in Libya but not in Yemen. Next, Gelvin compares two cases that defied expectations: Algeria, which experts assumed would experience a major upheaval after Egypt's, and Syria, which experts failed to foresee. He then looks at the monarchies of Morocco, Jordan, and the Gulf, exploring the commonalities and differences of protest movements in each. The final chapter discusses the implications of the uprisings. What do they mean for the United States? For Iran? Has al-Qaeda been strengthened or weakened? What effects have the uprisings had on the Israel-Palestine conflict? What conclusions might we draw from the uprisings so far?

For anyone wishing to understand the dramatic events in the Middle East, The Arab Uprisings is the place to turn.

Members Reviews:

Deep dive into the Arab Uprisisings

If you could sum up The Arab Uprisings in three words, what would they be?

Power of people?

What did you like best about this story?

The story gave me a much better understanding of how the uprisings happened.

Any additional comments?

If someone did not know what happened during the uprising, this book would be an excellent way to get a handle on the subject.

Great start

It's easier to showcase the failures of others to forecast an event like the Arab Spring but this book does justice to those that need a refresher on the many events that took place and crave more context behind the scenes.

A good overview of the Arab Spring

This book's structure provides a great view of the Arab Spring based on each country's perspective. All but the last chapter were relatively entertainig.