Author: Sam Dagher
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 031655670X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
From a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanitarian disaster. In spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army commander, Manaf Tlass, for advice about how to respond to Arab Spring-inspired protests. Tlass pushed for conciliation but Assad decided to crush the uprising -- an act which would catapult the country into an eight-year long war, killing almost half a million and fueling terrorism and a global refugee crisis. Assad or We Burn the Country examines Syria's tragedy through the generational saga of the Assad and Tlass families, once deeply intertwined and now estranged in Bashar's bloody quest to preserve his father's inheritance. By drawing on his own reporting experience in Damascus and exclusive interviews with Tlass, Dagher takes readers within palace walls to reveal the family behind the destruction of a country and the chaos of an entire region. Dagher shows how one of the world's most vicious police states came to be and explains how a regional conflict extended globally, engulfing the Middle East and pitting the United States and Russia against one another. Timely, propulsive, and expertly reported, Assad or We Burn the Country is the definitive account of this global crisis, going far beyond the news story that has dominated headlines for years.
Assad or We Burn the Country
Author: Sam Dagher
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 031655670X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
From a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanitarian disaster. In spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army commander, Manaf Tlass, for advice about how to respond to Arab Spring-inspired protests. Tlass pushed for conciliation but Assad decided to crush the uprising -- an act which would catapult the country into an eight-year long war, killing almost half a million and fueling terrorism and a global refugee crisis. Assad or We Burn the Country examines Syria's tragedy through the generational saga of the Assad and Tlass families, once deeply intertwined and now estranged in Bashar's bloody quest to preserve his father's inheritance. By drawing on his own reporting experience in Damascus and exclusive interviews with Tlass, Dagher takes readers within palace walls to reveal the family behind the destruction of a country and the chaos of an entire region. Dagher shows how one of the world's most vicious police states came to be and explains how a regional conflict extended globally, engulfing the Middle East and pitting the United States and Russia against one another. Timely, propulsive, and expertly reported, Assad or We Burn the Country is the definitive account of this global crisis, going far beyond the news story that has dominated headlines for years.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 031655670X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
From a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanitarian disaster. In spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army commander, Manaf Tlass, for advice about how to respond to Arab Spring-inspired protests. Tlass pushed for conciliation but Assad decided to crush the uprising -- an act which would catapult the country into an eight-year long war, killing almost half a million and fueling terrorism and a global refugee crisis. Assad or We Burn the Country examines Syria's tragedy through the generational saga of the Assad and Tlass families, once deeply intertwined and now estranged in Bashar's bloody quest to preserve his father's inheritance. By drawing on his own reporting experience in Damascus and exclusive interviews with Tlass, Dagher takes readers within palace walls to reveal the family behind the destruction of a country and the chaos of an entire region. Dagher shows how one of the world's most vicious police states came to be and explains how a regional conflict extended globally, engulfing the Middle East and pitting the United States and Russia against one another. Timely, propulsive, and expertly reported, Assad or We Burn the Country is the definitive account of this global crisis, going far beyond the news story that has dominated headlines for years.
Syria Unmasked
Author: Middle East Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9780300051155
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Outlines twenty years of human rights abuses in Syria under the rule of President Hafez Asad, providing details of imprisonment without trial, torture, and other forms of opression.
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9780300051155
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Outlines twenty years of human rights abuses in Syria under the rule of President Hafez Asad, providing details of imprisonment without trial, torture, and other forms of opression.
Asad's Legacy
Author: Eyal Ziser
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814796979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Hafez al-Asad (d. 2000) ruled Syria for 30 of its 55-year history as a modern state. Zisser (Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African studies, Tel Aviv U.) offers a balanced view of Asad's role in elevating Syria to a stable, major Middle East player but with a legacy of authoritarianism and struggles over succession. Includes maps of Syria's frontier with Israel and Lebanon. c. Book News Inc.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814796979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Hafez al-Asad (d. 2000) ruled Syria for 30 of its 55-year history as a modern state. Zisser (Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African studies, Tel Aviv U.) offers a balanced view of Asad's role in elevating Syria to a stable, major Middle East player but with a legacy of authoritarianism and struggles over succession. Includes maps of Syria's frontier with Israel and Lebanon. c. Book News Inc.
Asad of Syria
Author: Patrick Seale
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520066670
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
For more than twenty years, the ruler of Syria, Hafiz al-Asad, has been at the heart of the power struggle in the Middle East. Patrick Seale's portrait of the leader shows a man driven by his personal vision for Syria and the Arab world.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520066670
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
For more than twenty years, the ruler of Syria, Hafiz al-Asad, has been at the heart of the power struggle in the Middle East. Patrick Seale's portrait of the leader shows a man driven by his personal vision for Syria and the Arab world.
Syria under Bashar al-Asad
Author: Volker Perthes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136056408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Syria entered a new phase with the death of its long-serving leader, Hafiz al-Asad, and the accession of his son Bashar in 2000. While the new president has disappointed much of the hopes for political opening which he himself has created, Syria is clearly undergoing a process of change. The author analyses the factors of economic and political change in the country, and gives a portrait of its new leadership.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136056408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Syria entered a new phase with the death of its long-serving leader, Hafiz al-Asad, and the accession of his son Bashar in 2000. While the new president has disappointed much of the hopes for political opening which he himself has created, Syria is clearly undergoing a process of change. The author analyses the factors of economic and political change in the country, and gives a portrait of its new leadership.
Syria
Author: David W. Lesch
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 9781509527519
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how did this once rich, multi-cultural society end up as the site of one of the twenty-first century’s most devastating and brutal conflicts? In this incisive book, internationally renowned Syria expert David Lesch takes the reader on an illuminating journey through the last hundred years of Syrian history – from the end of the Ottoman empire through to the current civil war. The Syria he reveals is a fractured mosaic, whose identity (or lack thereof) has played a crucial part in its trajectory over the past century. Only once the complexities and challenges of Syria’s history are understood can this pivotal country in the Middle East begin to rebuild and heal.
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 9781509527519
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how did this once rich, multi-cultural society end up as the site of one of the twenty-first century’s most devastating and brutal conflicts? In this incisive book, internationally renowned Syria expert David Lesch takes the reader on an illuminating journey through the last hundred years of Syrian history – from the end of the Ottoman empire through to the current civil war. The Syria he reveals is a fractured mosaic, whose identity (or lack thereof) has played a crucial part in its trajectory over the past century. Only once the complexities and challenges of Syria’s history are understood can this pivotal country in the Middle East begin to rebuild and heal.
The New Lion of Damascus
Author: David W. Lesch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300109917
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
An account of contemporary Syria, its extraordinary leader, and its current and future place in the Middle East.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300109917
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
An account of contemporary Syria, its extraordinary leader, and its current and future place in the Middle East.
The Struggle for Power in Syria
Author: Nikolaos van Dam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Syria
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Syria
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hafiz Al-Asad of Syria
Author: Charles Patterson
Publisher: Backinprint.com
ISBN: 9780595004126
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A lucid account of Hafiz Al-Asad's rise from poverty as a member of the despised Alawite sect in Syria; climbing to the top of the Syrian political heap through luck and pluck, finesse and murder, and more." —Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Publisher: Backinprint.com
ISBN: 9780595004126
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A lucid account of Hafiz Al-Asad's rise from poverty as a member of the despised Alawite sect in Syria; climbing to the top of the Syrian political heap through luck and pluck, finesse and murder, and more." —Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
The Political Economy of Syria Under Asad
Author: Volker Perthes
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
ISBN: 9781860641923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Syria under Asad has been one of the key regional powers of the Middle East. Though its political development has been a much-debated subject, there has been no comprehensive study in English of the country's political economy and its evolution since 1970 to the present day. Beginning with an account of economic development and of changing development strategies, Perthes discusses the factors which in the late 1980s precipitated a change in direction from the socialist orientation of the earlier Ba'thist years to "infitah" and a larger role for the private sector. He pays particular attention to class structure and class-state relations and examines the nature of the state, the political structure and the mechanisms and dynamics of political decision-making. Addressing the issue of the interplay between economic transformation and political change, Perthes argues that, although a shift in the power structure will not occur under Asad, his regime has created the institutions which will allow a reasonably smooth succession and a creation of a less personalized and more participatory political order.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
ISBN: 9781860641923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Syria under Asad has been one of the key regional powers of the Middle East. Though its political development has been a much-debated subject, there has been no comprehensive study in English of the country's political economy and its evolution since 1970 to the present day. Beginning with an account of economic development and of changing development strategies, Perthes discusses the factors which in the late 1980s precipitated a change in direction from the socialist orientation of the earlier Ba'thist years to "infitah" and a larger role for the private sector. He pays particular attention to class structure and class-state relations and examines the nature of the state, the political structure and the mechanisms and dynamics of political decision-making. Addressing the issue of the interplay between economic transformation and political change, Perthes argues that, although a shift in the power structure will not occur under Asad, his regime has created the institutions which will allow a reasonably smooth succession and a creation of a less personalized and more participatory political order.