Arab Spring: Rebellion, Revolution and a New World Order
By Toby Manhire.
Description
The tumultuous events of 2010 as they happened. What is the Arab Spring? How did it start? How might it end? What role did Wikileaks play? And where do events leave the oil-dependent west? As American and British jets shower bombs on Libya it is astonishing to think that it all began with a young man who ran a fruit stall. Angry at police brutality, 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi, who sold fruit and vegetables streetside in a provincial Tunisian town, set himself on fire in protest at police behaviour. His act of defiance, in the middle of December 2010, sparked a chain of rebellion in T...
ISBN(s)
0852652542, 9780852652541
