Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World

By Robin Wright

Book Overview

A decade after the 9/11 attacks, this groundbreaking and brilliantly received book takes readers deep into rebellions against both autocrats and extremists that are redefining politics, culture, and security across the Islamic world and beyond.A decade after the 9/11 attacks, Robin Wright's Rock the Casbah took readers deep into rebellions against both autocrats and extremists that were redefining politics, culture, and security across the Islamic world. A year after the Arab Spring, she went back to Egypt and Tunisia where it had all started for an epilogue, The Morning After, describing the new reality--that creating a new order is as hard as ousting the old one. In this brilliant follow-up report, Wright describes the hopes and the turmoil of the region through the words of those who are living it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439103178
• ISBN13: 9781439103173
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"