PraiseforTheLongWarforFreedom““Anextremelyimportantbook.TheLongWarforFreedomfinallypresentstotheWesternworldanin-depthportraitofthose’smallvoices’intheArabworldwagingthemostcriticalbattleofthetwenty-firstcentury--thebattleforthesouloftheMiddleEast.NoonewithanyinterestinthestruggleforeconomicandpoliticalreformintheArabworldcanaffordtoneglectthispenetratingandprovocativework,whichlaysbareboththeimportanceandthegreatdifficultyofhelpingtheArabworldtotransformitself.““--KennethPollack,authorofTheThreateningStormandThePersianPuzzle