CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Map

Introduction

PART I

1 The Arab World’s Twilight Zone

2 The Great Unraveling

3 Paradise Lost

PART II

4 Pressure Yields Results

5 The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend

6 No Voice Louder than the Cry of Battle

7 Playing with Fire in Eastern Syria

8 Weathering the Storm

Epilogue: The Expectations Gap and the Advent of the Arab Spring

Notes

Index