Discusses the wave of popular rebellion against governments in Arab nations during the Spring of 2011. This brief, timely analysis situates the assault on Libya in the context of the winds of revolt that swept through the Middle East in the Spring of 2011.

Includes index.

Openings -- Part I: Arab Spring -- Bread -- Dignity -- God -- Ben Ali and Mubarak go to the seaside -- Bagman of the empire -- Edicts of the status quo. Oil -- Arab friends -- Israel's supremacy -- Encircle Iran -- On the rim of Saudi. Yemen -- Bahrain -- The Arab NATO -- The Arab Spring -- Part II: Libyan winter -- The bang that end Qaddafi's rule -- Qaddafi's revolution. The lion of the desert -- Geography of identity -- The green flag -- Frayed uniforms -- Revolution within the revolution. Moussa Koussa travels light -- Kuwait on the Mediterranean -- Libya's million mutinies -- Intervention. Resolution 1973 -- Saudi Arabia delivers the Arab League -- Africa's dented shield -- America's Libyans -- NATO'S war. Bombardment -- Serbian model -- Snake oil -- Along the Mediterranean road -- If by sea -- Guns in the mountains -- Operation mermaid dawn -- The son et Lumiére at Sirte -- Aftermath. Mortal combat -- Petrol and dollars -- Rebels from below -- Closings.