http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/wrapping-your-mind-around-the-arab-spring-recommended-reads <span>Wrapping Your Mind Around the Arab Spring: Recommended Reads</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Fri, 04/06/2012 - 7:47am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> The Arab Spring has caused a renewed interest in the political history of the Middle East, and a hunger to learn the nuances of political discourse from Islamists of various stripes to pan-Arab and secular.  It has been a challenge finding volumes that incorporate the most recent events of the Arab uprisings that began last year and what this means to America’s interests in the region.  This review essay will feature three recent books all published in 2011 and 2012 that will begin to help you make sense of the changes in the region.  The first book is entitled, “<em>The Arab Awakening: A</em></p></div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/wrapping-your-mind-around-the-arab-spring-recommended-reads" rel="tag" title="Wrapping Your Mind Around the Arab Spring: Recommended Reads" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Wrapping Your Mind Around the Arab Spring: Recommended Reads</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/wrapping-your-mind-around-the-arab-spring-recommended-reads#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">3 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1271/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1333931460" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:47:50 +0000 Peter J. Munson 12472 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com