From the author of the book that uniquely predicted the Egyptian revolution, a new message about the Middle East: everything we’re told about the Arab Spring is wrong…

“An impassioned polemic, scornful about Western naivety towards the events of last year…. I share its author’s skepticism and dismay as regards western cultural and political naivety about the region.”—Max Hastings, The Sunday Times

“Yes, the demonstrators were brave — but religious extremists were manipulating them. Bradley looks beyond the blazing power of the revolutions to find Islamist groups steadily taking control.”—Time Out

“This wry, concise and elegantly written book amounts to an impassioned critique of the Western media’s narrative of the Middle East.”—The Daily Telegraph

“After the Arab Spring is indispensable to understanding why the Middle East uprisings aren’t going where we want. Bradley has a better pulse on the reality than anyone.”—ROBERT BAER, former CIA operative and inspiration for the movie Syriana

“A savage indictment of alleged western naivety about the significance of the Middle East revolutions. Bradley highlights Tunisia as the most conspicuous case of a society where Islamist dominance is likely to ensure that its last state will prove worse than its first, and is equally gloomy in forecasts for Egypt and Libya. It will be some time before we discover whether Mr Bradley’s prognosis is accurate, but it has a nasty plausibility.”—The Financial Times

“I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the Arab spring, or anyone with a view on intervention in the region; it questions every assumption the media has portrayed and provides evidence for these statements.”—The Student Review

“Having boldly predicted the revolution in Egypt in his book Inside Egypt and warned of the ‘saving graces’ of Tunisia’s Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali dictatorship before the advent of the Jasmine Revolution in Behind the Veil of Vice, the author sends out another cry of alarm—this time at the democratic fallout that is benefiting the strident Islamist parties…. Bradley looks at the resurgence of Saudi-sponsored Wahhabism and other forms of tribalism since the revolutions in Yemen, Libya and elsewhere. He also considers the ‘Shia Axis’ and bitter lessons gained from Islamist incursions in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.”—Kirkus Reviews