The U.S.-led effort to fight the Islamic State in northeastern
Syria since 2014 has been as controversial and poorly understood as
it has been significant. Advocates of fighting “by, with and
through” the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) view the
campaign as a near-ideal case study of a cost-effective U.S.
military intervention that should be duplicated in the future.
Critics of the campaign say that the U.S. allied itself with a
terrorist group and endangered its ties with Turkey, a
long-stranding NATO partner; losing sight of strategic priorities
in order to win tactical victories at low cost. This book combines
general research with 50 interviews gathered in Syria with Kurdish,
Arab and Christian SDF officers, and 50 interviews with U.S. and
French officials and military officers with on-the-ground
involvement in the war. It provides an unprecedented window into
how the war was really prosecuted, in the eyes of the participants
at all levels, uniquely looking not only at how U.S. soldiers view
their partner forces, but how the local partners view them in
return. This is a unique and essential insight into US strategy in
Syria and beyond.
General
| Imprint: |
I.B. Tauris
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
| Release date: |
November 2021 |
| Authors: |
Michael Knights
• Wladimir van Wilgenburg
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
296 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7556-4306-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-7556-4306-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780755643066 |
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