Burning country : Syrians in revolution and war
Yassin-Kassab, Robin2018
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In 2011, Syrians took to the streets to demand the overthrow of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a war-zone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to go. Burning Country explores the reality of life in present-day Syria. Drawn from over fifteen years of work with the people of Syria, it reveals the stories of opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and many others. Examining new grassroots revolutionary organisations, the rise of ISIS and Islamism, and the emergence of the worst refugee crisis since World War Two, Burning Country is a vivid account of a modern-day political and humanitarian nightmare. -- from back cover.
Main title:
Burning country : Syrians in revolution and war / Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila al-Shami.
Author:
Yassin-Kassab, Robin, authorAl-Shami, Leila, author
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
London, U.K. : Pluto Press, 2018.©2018
Collation:
xiv, 289 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Revolution from Above -- 2.Bashaar's First Decade -- 3.Revolution from Below -- 4.The Grassroots -- 5.Militarisation and Liberation -- 6.Scorched Earth: The Rise of the Islamisms -- 7.Dispossession and Exile -- 8.Culture Revolutionised -- 9.The Failure of the Elites -- 10.The Start of Solidarity.
Awards:
Rathbones folio prize, shortlist 2017.
ISBN:
9780745337821 (paperback)
Dewey class:
956.91042
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
338811