Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria

If the Arab uprisings initially heralded the end of tyrannies and a move toward liberal democratic governments, their defeat not only marked a reversal but was of a piece with emerging forms of authoritarianism worldwide. In Authoritarian Apprehensions, Lisa Wedeen draws on her decades-long engagement with Syria to offer an erudite and compassionate analysis of this extraordinary rush of events-the revolutionary exhilaration of the initial days of unrest and then the devastating violence th...