Burning country : Syrians in revolution and war / Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami.

Author
Yassin-Kassab, Robin [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London : Pluto Press, 2016.
  • ©2016
Description
xii, 262 pages : maps ; 22 cm

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    "In 2011, Syrians took to the streets to demand the overthrow of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a war-zone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to go. Burning Country explores the reality of life in present-day Syria. Drawn from over fifteen years of work with the people of Syria, it reveals the stories of opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and many others. Examining new grassroots revolutionary organisations, the rise of ISIS and Islamism, and the emergence of the worst refugee crisis since World War Two, Burning Country is a vivid account of a modern-day political and humanitarian nightmare"--Back cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-257) and index.
    Contents
    • Revolution from above
    • Bashaar's first decade
    • Revolution from below
    • The grassroots
    • Militarisation and liberation
    • Scorched earth: the rise of the Islamisms
    • Dispossession and exile
    • Culture revolutionised
    • The failure of the elites
    • The start of solidarity
    • Epilogue: October 2015.
    Other title(s)
    Syrians in revolution and war
    ISBN
    • 9780745336275 ((hardback))
    • 0745336272 ((hardback))
    • 9780745336220 ((pbk.))
    • 0745336221 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2017286184
    OCLC
    918925501
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