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Beginning in December 2010 popular revolt swept through the Middle East, shocking the world and ushering in a period of unprecedented unrest. Protestors needed to the roadways to demand higher freedom, democracy, individual rights, interpersonal justice, and routine change. What triggered these uprisings? What is their significance? And what are their likely effects? In an participating question-and-answer format, The Arab Uprisings explores all areas of the revolutionary protests which have rocked the Middle East. Historian James Gelvin starts with an overview - What sparked the Arab uprisings? Where does the requirements for democracy and individual rights result from? How appropriate is the saying Arab Spring and coil? - before embracing specific countries around the region. He looks at such issues as the role of youngsters, labor, and religious teams in Tunisia and Egypt and discusses why the army turned against rulers in both countries. Checking out the uprisings in Libya and Yemen, Gelvin clarifies why both of these states are believed "weak", why that status is very important to understanding the upheavals there, and just why outside capabilities intervened in Libya however, not in Yemen. Next, Gelvin compares two cases that defied objectives: Algeria, which experts assumed would experience a significant upheaval after Egypt's, and Syria, which experts failed to foresee. He then looks at the monarchies of Morocco, Jordan, and the Gulf, checking out the commonalities and distinctions of protest motions in each. The ultimate chapter talks about the implications of the uprisings. What do they suggest for america? For Iran? Has al-Qaeda been strengthened or weakened? What effects have uprisings experienced on the Israel-Palestine discord? What conclusions might we bring from the uprisings up to now? For anyone desperate to understand the remarkable events in the Middle East, The Arab Uprisings is the place to turn.
