Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Relations | Other Social and Behavioral Sciences | Political Science | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Abstract
Behold Arab Spring! Nature abhors political vacuums. Machiavelli himself recognized the brutal nature of what is apt to fill such a vacuum. Abraham Lincoln anticipated this problem even in America in his early Lyceum Address by envisioning the rise of an American Napoleon. The question is whether the willingness to sacrifice for the sake of a cause measures up to or falls far short of the worthiness of the cause itself.
Recommended Citation
Samson, Steven A., "The February Revolution of 2011: A Harbinger of Arab Spring" (2012). Faculty Publications and Presentations. 400.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/gov_fac_pubs/400
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Comments
Published in Geopolitica Volume 9, Number 43 (2011). 25-28.