The so-called "Arab Spring" is a political phenomenon that is difficult to evaluate in a short interval of time. Any current book about it is doomed to a very rapid obsolescence. The book?The Arab Revolution?by the French professor Jean-Pierre Filiu from Sciences Po Paris was published in summer 2011, so logically it could include only the period of revolutionary changes in Tunisia and Egypt, but not, for example, the outcome of the bloody phase of the Libyan revolution and the overthrow and death of Muammar Qaddafi. The book also marginally deals with the situations in Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain and some other countries. Nevertheless, the book is certainly worth reading because it is not just a summary of the actual facts, but due to Filiu's erudition it also helps to explain not only the specific events of the Arab Spring, but also the wider logic of the policies in the Arab world and the Middle East in general.
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