The battle for Syria : (Record no. 35430)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number	2017956653
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	0300234619
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780300234619
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number	956.910423 PH BA
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Authors	Phillips, Christopher
TITLE STATEMENT
Title	The battle for Syria :
Subtitle	international rivalry in the new Middle East
Statement of responsibility, etc	Christopher Phillips
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication	New Haven and ; London :
Publisher	Yale University Press,
Date	2018.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	xv, 332 p. :
Other Details	map;
Size	21 cm.
CONTENTS
Contents	Machine generated contents note: 1.Syria and the Middle East on the eve of civil war 2.The Arab Spring comes to Syria 3.Assad must stand aside? The international community's ambivalent response 4.International institutions and the slide to war 5.A legitimate representative? Supporting and subverting Syria's political opposition 6.`Arm the rebels!' Backing the armed opposition 7.To the hilt: Assad's allies dig in 8.No red lines: The question of Western military intervention 9.Descent into chaos: Stalemate and the rise of ISIS 10.Enter Russia: Putin raises the stakes 11.The wild card: Syria's war in the age of Trump.
SUMMARY
Summary	An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria's ongoing civil war Most accounts of Syria's brutal, long-lasting civil war focus on a domestic contest that began in 2011 and only later drew foreign nations into the escalating violence. Christopher Phillips argues instead that the international dimension was never secondary but that Syria's war was, from the very start, profoundly influenced by regional factors, particularly the vacuum created by a perceived decline of U.S. power in the Middle East. This precipitated a new regional order in which six external protagonists-the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar-have violently competed for influence, with Syria a key battleground. Drawing on a plethora of original interviews, Phillips constructs a new narrative of Syria's war. Without absolving the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime, the author untangles the key external factors which explain the acceleration and endurance of the conflict, including the West's strategy against ISIS. He concludes with some insights on Syria and the region's future.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading	World politics
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Lost status	Source of classification or shelving scheme	Damaged status	Not for loan	Permanent location	Current location	Shelving location	Date acquired	Source of acquisition	Full call number	Barcode	Date last seen	Price effective from	Koha item type	Public note
				University of Wollongong in Dubai	University of Wollongong in Dubai	Main Collection	2019-01-22	AMAUK	956.910423 PH BA	T0061650	2019-01-15	2019-01-15	REGULAR	Jan2019

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