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Quicksilver war : Syria, Iraq and the spiral of conflict

Title

Quicksilver war : Syria, Iraq and the spiral of conflict / William Harris.

Author

Harris, William W.

Publication

London : Hurst & Company, 2018.
©2018

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Description

xxii, 230 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Quicksilver war' is a panoramic political history of the wars that coursed through Syria and Iraq in the wake of the 'Arab Spring' and eventually merged to become a regional catastrophe: a kaleidoscopic and constantly shifting conflict involving many different parties and phases. William Harris distils the highly complex dynamics behind the conflict, starting with the brutalising Baathist regimes in Damascus and Baghdad. He charts the malignant consequences of incompetent US occupation of Iraq and Bashar al-Assad's self-righteous mismanagement of Syria, through the implosion of Syria, and the emergence of eastern and western theatres of war focused respectively on future control of Syria and the challenge of ISIS. Beyond the immediate arena of conflict, geopolitical riptides have also been set in motion, including Turkey's embroilment in the war and the shifting circumstances of the Kurds. This history addresses urgent questions for our time"--Front jacket flap.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-215) and index.

ISBN

9781849048682
1849048681

OCLC

ocn985665314
985665314
SCSB-14409804

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library