The Battle for Syria

International Rivalry in the New Middle East

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ID23398674
AutoresChristopher Phillips (0000-0001-9420-2057, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Páginas320
Data de publicação2016-10-25
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoBattle for Syria (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraYale University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.12987/yale/9780300217179.001.0001
OpenAlexW4256100787
Open LibraryOL29314015M
ISBN9780300217179
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas60

This book provides an analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria's ongoing civil war. Most accounts of Syria's brutal, long-lasting civil war focus on a domestic contest that began in 2011 and only later drew foreign nations into the escalating violence. The book argues instead that the international dimension was never secondary but that Syria's war was, from the very start, profoundly influenced by regional factors, particularly the vacuum created by a perceived decline of U.S. power in the Middle East. This precipitated a new regional order in which six external protagonists — the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar — have violently competed for influence, with Syria a key battleground. Drawing on a plethora of original interviews, the book constructs a new narrative of Syria's war. Without absolving the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime, the book untangles the key external factors which explain the acceleration and endurance of the conflict, including the West's strategy against ISIS. It concludes with some insights on Syria and the region's future.

Ancient history · Art · Battle · CONTEST · Economic history · Economy · Geography · Middle East · Narrative · Political science · Power (physics) · Spanish Civil War · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · 21st century · Civil War (Syria : 2011- ) fast (OCoLC)fst01907471 · General · International Relations · Military · modern · Political Freedom & Security · Syria · Terrorism · World politics