Fisk, Robert ; Cockburn, Patrick, Arab Spring Then and Now: From Hope to Despair , London, Mango Media, 2017, pp. 292 pb This book sponsored by The Independent newspaper is written by its two major Middle East reporters and cover the events of 2010-11 and the aftermath. Both correspondents have extensive expertise on their area, and have tended to diverge in their assessments from much mainstream western reporting.