Alison Pargeter is a senior visiting fellow at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, King's College London. Her previous books include 'Return to the Shadows: The Muslim Brotherhood and An-Nahda since the Arab Spring'; 'Libya: The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi'; and 'The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power'.
"'This ambitious, compelling and comprehensive examination of the tribes of Libya and Iraq, by one of the most impressive scholars in Middle East Studies today, will almost certainly become the ""classic"" treatment of the subject.' -- Ronald Bruce St John, author of 'Historical Dictionary of Libya' 'An impressive analysis, unique in its intellectual scope and certainly one of the best available for understanding the tribal–state equation in the contemporary Middle East.' -- Uzi Rabi, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, and editor of 'Tribes and States in a Changing Middle East'"