Ruining Revolution

This important and well-written work offers timely insights into Libya’s political development since the Arab Spring. Drawing on a range of painstakingly collected sources, it offers a rich analysis of how Salafist Islamist groups have adapted to the instability and insecurity in Libya over this period. In so doing, it charts and explains the important and complex roles that they have played. A must-read for anyone interested in Islamism and political instability in the Middle East. – Jonathan Hill, director of the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, King’s College LondonUniquely focusing on the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood and Libyan Salafi-Madkhalis, this book helps readers understand the current state of Libya, as the promise of the Arab Spring led to what would better be described as an Arab Winter. – Joana Cook, author of The Rule Is for None but Allah: Islamist Approaches to GovernanceIn Ruining Revolution, Inga Trauthig has produced an important work of scholarship with policy relevance. I worked on Libya as a British diplomat and United Nations coordinator, and wish I had had this book to consult. – Edmund Fitton-Brown, senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project

Inga K. Trauthig is a research professor at the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy at Florida International University. She is also a senior visiting scholar with the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies at King’s College London.