Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle EastPenguin, 2008 - 464 pages A magnificent reckoning with the extraordinary changes engulfing the Middle East, by one of our greatest reporters on the region. Robin Wright first landed in the Middle East on October 6, 1973, the day the fourth Middle East war erupted. She has covered every country and most major crises in the region since then, through to the rise of al Qaeda and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Dreams and Shadowsis an extraordinary tour de horizon of the new Middle East, with on-the-ground reportage of the ideas and movements driving change across the region-and the obstacles they confront. Through the powerful storytelling for which the author is famous, Dreams and Shadows ties together the players and events in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, the Gulf states, and the Palestinian territories into a coherent vision of what lies ahead. |
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
THE PALESTINIANS | 14 |
The Turning Points | 65 |
The Players | 98 |
Four | 105 |
LEBANON | 112 |
The Dreamers | 137 |
The Shadows | 158 |
The Outlaws | 212 |
IRAN | 222 |
The Revolutionaries | 263 |
Eight | 284 |
MOROCCO | 340 |
Acknowledgments | 421 |
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