Spring Fever: The Illusion of Islamic Democracy

by Andrew C. McCarthy

Book Overview

The first fundamental truth about the Arab Spring is that there never was one. The salient fact of the Middle East, the only one, is Islam. The Islam that shapes the Middle East inculcates in Muslims the self-perception that they are members of a civilization implacably hostile to the West. The United States is a competitor to be overcome, not the herald of a culture to be embraced.

Is this self-perception based on objective truth? Does...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594036918
• ISBN13: 9781594036910
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"