The Battle for Syria : international rivalry in the New Middle East / Christopher Phillips.

Yer Numarası
A.IX/2191
ISBN
9780300217179 (hbk)
9780300234619 (pbk)
9780300249910 (revised and updated edn pbk)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Kütüphane
Türk Tarih Kurumu Kütüphanesi
Basım Bildirimi
Revised and updated edition.
Yayın Bilgisi
New Haven, London : Yale University Press, 2020.
Fiziksel Niteleme
xvii, 401 sayfa : harita ; 20 cm
Genel Not
İndeks s. [382]-401.
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Bibliyografya s. [356]-381.
Özet, vb.
“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. Christopher Phillips argues instead that the international dimension was never secondary but that Syria's warwas, 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, Phillips constructs a new narrative of Syria's war. Without absolving the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime, the author untangles the key external factors which explain the acceleration and endurance of the conflict, including the West's strategy against ISIS. He concludes with some insights on Syria and the region's future“-- Provided by publisher.