Summary: David’s new book, Into the Hands of the Soldiers ... How David wound up witnessing the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 ... Al Jazeera as the “Johnny Appleseed” of the Arab Spring ... Varieties of Islamism, from “conservative” to “liberal” ... The Muslim Brotherhood as a bourgeois movement ... Mohamed Morsi’s election, brief tenure, and removal from power in July 2013 ... Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s post-coup struggle for legitimacy ... The Obama administration’s muddled pre-coup messaging to coup-master Sisi ... Did the coup give fuel to Islamist extremists? ...
