{"product_id":"a-rage-for-order-the-middle-east-in-turmoil-from-tahrir-square-to-isis-9780374536794","title":"A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2016 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2016, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the Best Books of 2016, NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Lionel Gelber Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of 20 Notable Reads from 2016, \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Current Interest\u003cbr\u003eSilver Medal Winner of the 2017 Arthur Ross Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2011, a wave of revolution spread through the Middle East as protesters demanded an end to tyranny, corruption, and economic decay. From Egypt to Yemen, a generation of young Arabs insisted on a new ethos of common citizenship. Their bravery and idealism stirred observers around the world and led militant jihadis to worry that they had been superseded by a new and peaceful uprising. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFive years later, the utopian aspirations of 2011 have darkened. In one country after another, brutal terrorists and dictators have risen to the top as old divides reemerge and deepen. Egypt has become a more repressive police state than ever before; Libya, Syria, and Yemen endure civil war; and the extremists of ISIS have spread chaos and carnage across the region and beyond it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Rage for Order\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the tormented legacy of what was once called the Arab Spring. Writing with bold literary ambition, the distinguished \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e correspondent Robert F. Worth introduces a riveting cast of characters. We meet a Libyan rebel who must decide whether to kill the torturer who murdered his brother; a Yemeni farmer who lives in servitude to a poetry-writing, dungeon-operating chieftain; two young Syrian women whose close friendship devolves into enmity as their sects go to war; and an Egyptian doctor who is caught between his loyalty to the Muslim Brotherhood and his hopes for a new, tolerant democracy. In a final chapter, Worth tells the moving story of the two eighty-something statesmen whose unlikely camaraderie allowed Tunisia to escape its neighbors' worst fates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining dramatic storytelling with an original analysis of the Arab world today, \u003ci\u003eA Rage for Order\u003c\/i\u003e captures the psychic and actual civil wars raging throughout the Middle East and explains how the dream of an Arab renaissance gave way to a new age of discord.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374536794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Robert F. Worth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916869537973,"sku":"9780374536794","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6fa88e8f-cbfa-4216-8573-75aa22698731.jpg?v=1687272584","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-rage-for-order-the-middle-east-in-turmoil-from-tahrir-square-to-isis-9780374536794","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}