Dreams and Shadows

Download or read book Dreams and Shadows written by Robin Wright and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformation of the Middle East is an issue that will absorb-and challenge-the world for generations to come; Dreams and Shadows is the book to read to understand the sweeping political and cultural changes that have occurred in recent decades. Drawing on thirty-five years of reporting in two dozen countries-through wars, revolutions, and uprisings as well as the birth of new democracy movements and a new generation of activists-award-winning journalist and Middle East expert Robin Wright has created a masterpiece of the reporter's art and a work of profound and enduring insight into one of the most confounding areas of the world.