Into the Hands of the Soldiers av David D. Kirkpatrick

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<b>A poignant, deeply human portrait of Egypt during the Arab Spring, told through the lives of individuals</b><b>A <i>FINANCIAL TIMES </i>AND AN <i>ECONOMIST </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><b>''This will be the must read on the destruction of Egypt''s revolution and democratic moment'' Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director of Human Rights Watch</b><b>''Sweeping, passionate ... An essential work of reportage for our time'' Philip Gourevitch, author of <i>We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families</i></b>In 2011, Egyptians of all sects, ages and social classes shook off millennia of autocracy, then elected a Muslim Brother as president. <i>New York Times</i> correspondent David D. Kirkpatrick arrived in Egypt with his family less than six months before the uprising first broke out in 2011. As revolution and violence engulfed the country, he lived through Cairo''s hopes and disappointments alongside the diverse population of his new city. <i>Into the Hands of the