Fractured Lands by Scott Anderson

Fractured Lands by Scott Anderson

In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in what would become known as the Arab Spring. Few could predict that these convulsions, initially hailed in the West as a triumph of democracy, would give way to brutal civil war, the terrors of the Islamic State, and a global refugee crisis. But, as New York Times bestselling author Scott Anderson shows, the seeds of catastrophe had been sown long before.

In this gripping account, Anderson examines the myriad complex causes of the region’s profound unraveling, tracing the ideological conflicts of the present to their origins in the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003 and beyond. From this investigation emerges a rare view into a land in upheaval through the eyes of six individuals—the matriarch of a dissident Egyptian family; a Libyan Air Force cadet with divided loyalties; a Kurdish physician from a prominent warrior clan; a Syrian university student caught in civil war; an Iraqi activist for women’s rights; and an Iraqi day laborer-turned-ISIS fighter. A probing and insightful work of reportage, Fractured Lands offers a penetrating portrait of the contemporary Arab world and brings the stunning realities of an unprecedented geopolitical tragedy into crystalline focus.

Fascinating. . Masterly -- Sir Max Hastings, Sunday Times on Lawrence in Arabia
Tremendous . . . A masterpiece -- Jan Morris, Daily Telegraph on Lawrence in Arabia
Magisterial -- Amir Taheri, The Times on Lawrence in Arabia
Fascinating . . . Illuminating -- New York Times on Lawrence in Arabia
Gripping . . . brilliant -- William Dalrymple, New Statesman on Lawrence in Arabia
Engrossing, thoughtful and intrictate -- Alex von Tunzelmann, New York Times Book Review on Lawrence in Arabia
Compelling -- Washington Post on Lawrence in Arabia
Thrilling -- Boston Globe on Lawrence in Arabia

Scott Anderson is a veteran war correspondent who has reported from Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Northern Ireland, Chechnya, Sudan, Bosnia, El Salvador and many other war-torn countries. His previous book, Lawrence in Arabia, was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and was shortlisted for the US National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography.

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ISBN 13	9781509852963
ISBN 10	1509852964
Title	Fractured Lands
Author	Scott Anderson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2017-05-04
Number of pages	240
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