Frontline Syria

From Revolution to Proxy War

David L. Phillips (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2020
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-0256-8 (ISBN)

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When the Syrian regime used sarin and other chemical weapons against dissidents in August 2013, an estimated 1729 people were killed including 400 children. President Barack Obama warned that the use of chemical weapons would constitute a "red line”, but he refused to take military action. Trump’s approach has been even more disengaged and lacking in clarity.

Frontline Syria highlights America’s failure to prevent conflict escalation in Syria. Based on interviews with US officials involved in Syria policy, as well as UN personnel, the book draws conclusions about America’s role in world affairs and its potential to prevent deadly conflict. It also highlights the role of front-line states in Syria and other countries who engaged in the Syrian conflict to advance their national interests.

Covering key turning points in the Syrian civil war, including the impact of recent decisions by the Trump administration, Frontline Syria critically evaluates America’s global power and provides a diplomatic and military history of the conflict. Based on this analysis, the book offers policy recommendations and makes a case for America’s future role addressing peace and conflict.

David L. Phillips is Director of the Program on Peace-building and Human Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. He served as a Senior Adviser and Foreign Affairs Expert to the US Department of State during the administrations of Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton. Phillips also served as a Senior Adviser to the UN Secretariat. He was a Visiting Scholar with Harvard University's Center for Middle East Studies and worked with the Council on Foreign Relations. He has also testified on regional issues before the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, the British House of Commons, the French Senate and the European Parliament.

Abbreviations and Acronyms
Glossary of Personalities
Timeline of Critical Events
About the Author
Introduction
Part I: Legacy of Repression
1.Hama Rules
2.The Damascus Spring
3.Cradle of the Revolution
Part II: Radicalization
4.The Free Syrian Army
5.Security Assistance
6.Displacement Crisis
7.The Geneva Peace Process
Part III: International Stakeholders
8.Russia
9.The Shiite Crescent
10.Turkey
Part IV: Minorities and Women
11.Kurds
12.Christians and Armenians
13.Women
14.Alawites
Part V: Grinding War
15.Idlib
16.Diminished America
17.UN Mediation
18.Betrayal
Epilogue
Annex

Erscheinungsdatum	16.10.2020
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	664 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7556-0256-0 / 0755602560
ISBN-13	978-0-7556-0256-8 / 9780755602568
Zustand	Neuware