Steven A. Cook is Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Struggle for Egypt and Ruling but Not Governing.

The promise of the 'Arab Spring' now seems a distant memory. False Dawn offers a sweeping account, a combination of on-the-ground narrative and deep historical analysis of what went wrong. Stephen Cook's excellent book opens with a quote from deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 that seemed like a threat at the time but now reads more like a prophecy: 'The youth who called for change and reform will be the first to suffer.' Cook tells us why." - Deborah Amos

• Introduction: We Are FreeChapter 1: A Moment of EnthusiasmChapter 2: Bread, Freedom, Social JusticeChapter 3: UnravelingChapter 4: On the Road to NowhereChapter 5: Getting the Middle East RightChapter 6: Getting Worse Before it Gets Worse

Steven A. Cook is Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Struggle for Egypt and Ruling but Not Governing.

The promise of the 'Arab Spring' now seems a distant memory. False Dawn offers a sweeping account, a combination of on-the-ground narrative and deep historical analysis of what went wrong. Stephen Cook's excellent book opens with a quote from deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 that seemed like a threat at the time but now reads more like a prophecy: 'The youth who called for change and reform will be the first to suffer.' Cook tells us why." - Deborah Amos

• Introduction: We Are FreeChapter 1: A Moment of EnthusiasmChapter 2: Bread, Freedom, Social JusticeChapter 3: UnravelingChapter 4: On the Road to NowhereChapter 5: Getting the Middle East RightChapter 6: Getting Worse Before it Gets Worse

Steven A. Cook is Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Struggle for Egypt and Ruling but Not Governing.

The promise of the 'Arab Spring' now seems a distant memory. False Dawn offers a sweeping account, a combination of on-the-ground narrative and deep historical analysis of what went wrong. Stephen Cook's excellent book opens with a quote from deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 that seemed like a threat at the time but now reads more like a prophecy: 'The youth who called for change and reform will be the first to suffer.' Cook tells us why." - Deborah Amos

• Introduction: We Are FreeChapter 1: A Moment of EnthusiasmChapter 2: Bread, Freedom, Social JusticeChapter 3: UnravelingChapter 4: On the Road to NowhereChapter 5: Getting the Middle East RightChapter 6: Getting Worse Before it Gets Worse