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Syrian Requiem - The Civil War and Its Aftermath (Hardcover)
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Syrian Requiem - The Civil War and Its Aftermath (Hardcover)
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A compact, incisive history of a war that was an ominous prelude to
Russia's invasion of Ukraine Leaving almost half a million dead and
displacing an estimated twelve million people, the Syrian Civil War
is a humanitarian catastrophe of unimaginable scale. Syrian Requiem
analyzes the causes and course of this bitter conflict-from its
first spark in a peaceful Arab Spring protest to the tenuous
victory of the Asad dictatorship-and traces how the fighting has
reduced Syria to a crisis-ridden vassal state with little prospect
of political reform, national reconciliation, or economic
reconstruction. Israel's chief negotiator with Syria during the
mid-1990s, Itamar Rabinovich brings unmatched expertise and insight
to the politics of the Middle East. Drawing on more than two
hundred specially conducted interviews with key players, Rabinovich
and Carmit Valensi assess the roles of local, regional, and global
interests in the war. Local sectarian divisions established the
fault lines of the initial conflict, ultimately leading to the rise
of the brutal Islamic State. However, Syria rapidly became the
stage for proxy warfare between contending regional powers,
including Israel, Turkey, and Iran. At the same time, while a
war-weary United States attempted to reduce its military
involvement in the Middle East, a resurgent Russia regained
regional influence by supporting Syrian government forces. Telling
the story of the war and its aftermath, Rabinovich and Valensi also
examine the considerable potential for renewed conflict and the
difficult policy choices facing the United States, Russia, and
other powers. A compact and incisive history of one of the defining
wars of our times, Syrian Requiem is a vivid and timely account of
a conflict that continues to reverberate today.
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