The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East by Fawaz A Gerges – engaging read for seasoned observers

The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East Author : Fawaz A Gerges ISBN-13 : 978-0691176635 Publisher : Princeton University Press Guideline Price : £30 The Great Betrayal in the title of Lebanese-born American professor of international relations Fawaz A Gerges's new book refers to the continued failure of western and Arab elites to grant the people of the Middle East the freedom they have craved since the 19th century. Time and again, flickers of hope of a freer, more prosperous future have been extinguished - a fate that Gerges traces to an exploitative clientelist…