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Red line : the unraveling of Syria and America's race to destroy the most dangerous arsenal in the world

Title: Red line : the unraveling of Syria and America's race to destroy the most dangerous arsenal in the world / Joby Warrick.
Author: Warrick, Joby
Publication: New York : Doubleday, [2021]

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Description

xv, 346 pages : color illustrations, map; 25 cm

Summary

"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags, the harrowing story of America's mission in Syria: to find and destroy Syria's chemical weapons and defeat ISIS--only to lose control of both In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. Concerned that Assad might resort to chemical weapons, President Obama warned that any such use would cross "a red line," warranting an American military response. When a year later Assad bombed the Damascus suburb of Ghouta with sarin gas, killing hundreds, Obama was torn between living up to America's word and becoming mired in another unpopular Middle Eastern war. So when Russia offered to store Syria's chemical weapons, Obama leaped at the out. So begins a race to find, remove, and destroy 1,300 tons of chemical weapons in the middle of Syria's civil war. Told in harrowing detail, the effort is a tactical triumph for the Americans, but soon Russia's long game becomes clear: it has UN cover to assist a close ally, Assad. As the Russians block attempts to check for chemical weapons that might have been missed, American realizes that ISIS seeks to secure them for itself. Red Line is a classic Joby Warrick true-life thriller: a character-driven narrative with a cast of heroes and villains, including weapons hunters, politicians, commandos, diplomats, and spies. Through original reporting and eyewitness accounts from direct participants, Joby Warrick reveals how a well-intentioned effort to save Syrian lives touched off a chain of events that would rescue a dictator, sustain a terrorist movement, unleash torrents of refugees, humiliate two U.S. presidents, and empower Russia and Iran"--

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Prologue: The chemist -- "Like watching a freight train coming" -- "Something fell from the sky" -- The machine -- "Help, please -- they're dying!" -- "No one is coming out alive" -- "We go in again" -- "The eye of a hurricane" -- The deal -- "No one is coming to help you" -- "An elephant with a tick on its back" -- "A technical delay" -- Ghost armies -- "A perfect loophole" -- Race to the coast -- "The number we will never know..." -- A day "perfect for a chemical attack" -- A "catastrophic success" -- An ISIS "wonder weapon" -- "Like judgment day" -- A smoking gun -- The unraveling.

Call Number

JFE 21-2849

ISBN

9780385544467
0385544464

LCCN

2020017981
40030431439

OCLC

1136958941

Author

Warrick, Joby, author.

Title

Red line : the unraveling of Syria and America's race to destroy the most dangerous arsenal in the world / Joby Warrick.

Publisher

New York : Doubleday, [2021]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2011

Other Form:

Online version: Warrick, Joby. Red line. First edition. New York : Doubleday, 2020 9780385544474 (DLC) 2020017982

Other Standard Identifier

40030431439

Research Call Number

JFE 21-2849

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