{"product_id":"syria-betrayed-9780231192965","title":"Syria Betrayed","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlex J. Bellamy provides a forensic account of the world’s failure to protect Syrian civilians from mass atrocities. Drawing on interviews with key players, documents from the United Nations and other international organizations, and sources from the Middle East and beyond, he traces the missteps of the international response to Syria’s civil war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this masterful work, Alex J. Bellamy guides us expertly through the bewildering array of forces and factions in Syria’s civil war. He explains how domestic, regional, and international players made matters worse while jockeying to advance their own interests. Finally, he helps us understand how Syrians themselves were abused, abandoned, and ultimately betrayed. -- Allan Rock, president emeritus of the University of Ottawa and former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations\u003cbr\u003eAlex J. Bellamy, champion of the concept of the “responsibility to protect,” takes a hard look at why powerful actors did not protect hundreds of thousands of Syrians who perished during the civil war. His sober conclusion: the war was so deadly because some actors were unwilling to compromise and would do anything to win, and because of the ‘core fact’ that the fate of Syria’s people was no one’s consistent priority. Detailed, well-written, and thoroughly referenced case studies of key events and actors make \u003ci\u003eSyria Betrayed \u003c\/i\u003eessential reading for everyone who is interested in the Syrian civil war and its implications for the future. -- Taylor B. Seybolt, author of \u003ci\u003eHumanitarian Military Intervention: The Conditions for Success and Failure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a sweeping, descriptive account of a case that even today is still active and ongoing. Bellamy provides a well-written narrative portrayal of the complexities of politics at multiple levels and the impact of global powers’ failures on the lives of civilians. -- Melissa Labonte, author of \u003ci\u003eHuman Rights and Humanitarian Norms, Strategic Framing, and Intervention: Lessons for the Responsibility to Protect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book provides humbling, crushing, and essential reading. * International Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eHighly relevant for peace scholars, activists, and professionals. * International Peacekeeping *\u003cbr\u003eDoes a valuable job of assembling and analysing the international community’s failures over a decade of egregious violence and violations of international law. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eList of Terms and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Humanity’s Orphans\u003cbr\u003e1. Arab Spring\u003cbr\u003e2. Regional Solutions?\u003cbr\u003e3. Last Chance for Peace\u003cbr\u003e4. Syrian Winter\u003cbr\u003e5. Red Line\u003cbr\u003e6. Death and Diplomacy\u003cbr\u003e7. Rise of the Caliphate\u003cbr\u003e8. Between Barrel Bombs and Beheadings\u003cbr\u003e9. Exodus\u003cbr\u003e10. Russian Intervention\u003cbr\u003e11. Meltdown of Humanity\u003cbr\u003e12. Russia’s Endgame\u003cbr\u003e13. De-escalation Dominoes\u003cbr\u003e14. Northern Fires\u003cbr\u003e15. “No Military Solutions” and Other Zombies\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: System Failure\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400342282583,"sku":"9780231192965","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231192965.jpg?v=1730470441","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/syria-betrayed-9780231192965","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}