Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East | 
| Author: Robin Wright
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
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Sales Rank: 13916
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.8
ISBN: 1594201110
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.054
EAN: 9781594201110
ASIN: 1594201110
Publication Date: February 26, 2008
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A magnificent reckoning with the extraordinary changes engulfing the Middle East, by one of our greatest reporters on the region
Robin Wright first landed in the Middle East on October 6, 1973, the day the fourth Middle East war erupted. She has covered every country and most major crises in the region since then, through to the rise of Al-Qaeda and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. For all the drama of the past, however, the region's most decisive traumas are unfolding today as the Middle East struggles to deal with trends that have already reshaped the rest of the world. And for all the darkness, there is also hope. Some of the emerging trends give cause for greater optimism about the future of the Middle East than at any time since the first Arab-Israeli War in 1948.
Dreams and Shadows is an extraordinary tour d'horizon of the new Middle East, with on-the-ground reportage of the ideas and movements driving change across the region-and the obstacles they confront. Through the powerful storytelling for which the author is famous, Dreams and Shadows ties together the players and events in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, the Gulf states, and the Palestinian territories into a coherent vision of what lies ahead.
A marvelous field report from the center of the storm, the book is animated by the characters whose stories give the region's transformation its human immediacy and urgency. It is also rich with the history that brought us to this point. It is a masterpiece of the reporter's art and a work of profound and enduring insight.
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 Good, not great July 25, 2008
I had read Robin Wright's "The Last Great Revolution" about Iran and was excited to buy this book. However, I felt it was a bit too much of a chef's tour. Some of the anecdotes were interesting, even inspiring, but overall I felt the book was a bit too shallow. Wright recalls a few interviews here and there, but we don't get the depth of what we get in her prior book. It's one thing to use interviews and anecdotes in pursuit of a well-argued thesis, but another just to do so to give us a flavor of the Middle East. This makes much of the book a forgettable blur rather than a true learning experience.
Having said that, I thought her chapter on Iran in this book was by far the best. And if you do want a "chef's tour" or sampling of the Middle East, this book does do that well. I hope Wright expands her prior book on Iran and updates it, since she covers Iran very well.
 A hopeful book July 7, 2008
I found this to be a hopeful book. Robin Wright has spent years in the area and has contacts with the power structure. That plus her interviews with "ordinary" people gave her book validity. The middle east world has been expanded with access to the web and television. The seeds for change are there if we just get out of their way and give them time to develop.
Great book!!! May 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have read a great deal about what is happening in the Middle East--but by far this book is the best summary regarding what is going on--
I think everybody in our government should be required to read it---
Well written and wonderfully informative--
 Dreams and Shadows become Reality and Clarity May 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Finally we have a thoughtful work on the Arab & Persian middle east which is country structured and serious in its depth. Robin Wright offers us a cogent and intense look at each nation, its history, its people, its politics, and whether any real hope is evident for a better future. Now we in the west can grasp why Hamas & Hezbollah have come to be. We know who are their parents and who are their big brothers. We also begin to understand why the people might support such groups which we deem "terrorists" but who appear to those living there to be bearers of the only hope they know. Grab this book and learn.
Nice Overview May 14, 2008
Nice overview of the Middle East with boots on the ground, heard on the street analysis. Would have liked at least a page on Saudi Arabia to provide contrast. Inevitable Bush bash at the end.
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