{"product_id":"into-the-hands-of-the-soldiers-9781408898499","title":"Into the Hands of the Soldiers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant, deeply human portrait of Egypt during the Arab Spring, told through the lives of individuals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND AN \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This will be the must read on the destruction of Egypt''s revolution and democratic moment'' Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director of Human Rights Watch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Sweeping, passionate ... An essential work of reportage for our time'' Philip Gourevitch, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn 2011, Egyptians of all sects, ages and social classes shook off millennia of autocracy, then elected a Muslim Brother as president. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e correspondent David D. Kirkpatrick arrived in Egypt with his family less than six months before the uprising first broke out in 2011. As revolution and violence engulfed the country, he lived through Cairo''s hopes and disappointments alongside the diverse population of his new city. \u003ci\u003eInto the Hands of the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKirkpatrick watched a historic popular uprising unfold. In this book, \u003cb\u003ehe brings the story to vivid life through the eyes of both the poor and the powerful\u003c\/b\u003e -- Stephen Kinzer, author of 'All the Shah’s Men'\u003cbr\u003eBoth \u003cb\u003eastute and insightful,\u003c\/b\u003e and often \u003cb\u003eas comical as it is tragic\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lynsey Addario, author of 'It’s What I Do'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSweeping, passionate\u003c\/b\u003e ... An \u003cb\u003eessential\u003c\/b\u003e work of reportage for our time -- Philip Gourevitch, author of 'We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis will be the must read on the destruction of Egypt's revolution and democratic moment\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director of Human Rights Watch\u003cbr\u003eA twenty-first-century successor to William L. Shirer's \u003ci\u003eBerlin Diary\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cb\u003ea first-rate reporter's riveting eyewitness account of the unfolding of a world-historical tragedy\u003c\/b\u003e. Kirkpatrick has an uncanny ability to lend a sense of real-time suspense to events in the recent past, and to get to the truth of a dauntingly elusive story -- Nicholas Lemann, author of 'The Promised Land'\u003cbr\u003eDavid D. Kirkpatrick landed in Cairo as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebureau chief on the eve of revolution. \u003ci\u003eInto the Hands of the Soldiers \u003c\/i\u003eis his gripping narrative of the tumultuous years that followed, in which he was often in the eye of the storm. \u003cb\u003eObservant, eloquent and empathetic\u003c\/b\u003e, he's the perfect guide to the perplexing and sometimes heartbreaking events that snuffed out the democratic hopes of the Arab Spring. \u003cb\u003eThis is the rare non-fiction book that's as entertaining as it is informative\u003c\/b\u003e -- James B. Stewart, author of 'Tangled Webs' and 'Heart of a Soldier'\u003cbr\u003eIn his new book, \u003ci\u003eInto the Hands of the Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e, Mr Kirkpatrick describes these tumultuous times in \u003cb\u003ecompelling detail\u003c\/b\u003e. The author is honest about how hard it was to interpret events, grasp the motives of people such as Mr Sisi and Mr Morsi and predict the direction in which Egypt was heading … \u003cb\u003eBut Mr Kirkpatrick, who dodged bullets and official harassment, deciphered the mystery.\u003c\/b\u003e The same cannot be said of the foreign powers, especially America, that watched as Egypt’s democracy crumbled * Economist *\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866828878167,"sku":"9781408898499","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408898499.jpg?v=1722280184","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/into-the-hands-of-the-soldiers-9781408898499","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}