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Book Synopsis

A vivid look at a modern-day political and humanitarian nightmare.



Trade Review

'The most succinct and convincing insider's narrative of the uprising'

-- Richard Spencer, Daily Telegraph

'Full of fascinating details'

-- Robyn Cresswell - The New York Review of Books

'Extraordinary ... the book on Syria I was waiting for'

-- Molly Crabapple, artist, author, journalist

'Gripping ... Cutting through the fog of geopolitics, Burning Country refocuses the conflict with the people at its centre'

-- Brian Whitaker, Newsweek

'A detailed history of Syria's moderate opposition and a meticulous analysis of the origins of today's violent dynamics'

-- New Statesman

'Explores how Syria's peaceful uprising gave way to armed insurgency and sectarian jihad... This is an important, honest and insightful book, well worth anyone's time'

-- Marc Lynch, Washington Post

'Avoids the easy indulgence of indignation; instead, it elicits the voices of many different Syrians involved in the uprising, acknowledging their suffering as well as their courage, intelligence, and humanity, while explaining the terrible choices that have been forced on them'

-- Ursula Lindsey, The Nation

'Vital'

-- Peter Geoghegan - the Herald Scotland

'For decades Syrians have been forbidden from telling their own stories and the story of their country, but here Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila al-Shami tell the Syrian story'

-- Yassin al-Haj Saleh, Syrian writer, intellectual, and former political prisoner

'By far the best account of the Syrian uprising yet'

-- Dr. Yasser Munif, Professor of sociology at Emerson College, co-founder of the Global Campaign of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Maps
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
11. Syria Dismantled
Further Reading
Notes
Index

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: 20/02/2018
      ISBN13: 9780745337821, 978-0745337821
      ISBN10: 0745337821

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A vivid look at a modern-day political and humanitarian nightmare.



      Trade Review

      'The most succinct and convincing insider's narrative of the uprising'

      -- Richard Spencer, Daily Telegraph

      'Full of fascinating details'

      -- Robyn Cresswell - The New York Review of Books

      'Extraordinary ... the book on Syria I was waiting for'

      -- Molly Crabapple, artist, author, journalist

      'Gripping ... Cutting through the fog of geopolitics, Burning Country refocuses the conflict with the people at its centre'

      -- Brian Whitaker, Newsweek

      'A detailed history of Syria's moderate opposition and a meticulous analysis of the origins of today's violent dynamics'

      -- New Statesman

      'Explores how Syria's peaceful uprising gave way to armed insurgency and sectarian jihad... This is an important, honest and insightful book, well worth anyone's time'

      -- Marc Lynch, Washington Post

      'Avoids the easy indulgence of indignation; instead, it elicits the voices of many different Syrians involved in the uprising, acknowledging their suffering as well as their courage, intelligence, and humanity, while explaining the terrible choices that have been forced on them'

      -- Ursula Lindsey, The Nation

      'Vital'

      -- Peter Geoghegan - the Herald Scotland

      'For decades Syrians have been forbidden from telling their own stories and the story of their country, but here Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila al-Shami tell the Syrian story'

      -- Yassin al-Haj Saleh, Syrian writer, intellectual, and former political prisoner

      'By far the best account of the Syrian uprising yet'

      -- Dr. Yasser Munif, Professor of sociology at Emerson College, co-founder of the Global Campaign of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution

      Table of Contents

      List of Abbreviations
      Acknowledgements
      Preface
      Maps
      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
      11. Syria Dismantled
      Further Reading
      Notes
      Index

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