If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution 'as good as journalism gets'

<p>''A stunning history of now'' <b>GREG GRANDIN</b>''<br>Phenomenal . . . it would be criminally negligent not to read it if you''d like to change the world'' <b>ROB DELANEY</b><br><b><br>From 2010 to 2020, more people took part in protests than at any other point in history. But what type of change did they deliver? </b><br><br>From the so-called Arab Spring and Gezi Park in Turkey, to Ukraine''s Euromaidan and student rebellions in Chile and Hong Kong, this decade was propelled by explosive mass demonstrations. <i>If We Burn</i> is a stirring global history guided by a single, puzzling question: how did so many mass protests lead to the opposite of what they asked for?<br><br><br>In this groundbreaking study of street movements and their consequences, acclaimed journalist Vincent Bevins weaves hundreds of interviews from around the world into a fast-paced, gripping narrative. Analysing both the successes and defeats, it allows us to understand our world in the present - and offers urgent lessons for the future.<br><br><b>More praise for <i>If We Burn</i>:<br></b>''The best book I read this year'' <b>EAMON WHALEN<br></b>''In searching for the missing revolution, Bevins may help others find it after all'' <i><b>LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS</b><br></i>''This book is outstanding'' <b>BENJAMIN MOSER</b><br><i>''</i>Tremendous'' <b><i>INTERCEPT</i><br></b>''A bold vision of the future'' <b>MERVE EMRE</b><br>''A riveting, almost novelistic narrative'' <b><i>DAZED</i></b><br>''Critical lessons for activists both here and abroad'' <i><b>NEW REPUBLIC</b></i></p>