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Quicksilver War : Syria, Iraq and the Spiral of Conflict

Harris, William W., author

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\"'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 Ba'athist 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.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Subject: Arab Spring (2010-) / Since 2000 / Arab Spring, 2010- / Diplomatic relations. / Politics and government. / 15.75 history of Asia. / Middle East Politics and government 21st century. / Middle East Foreign relations. / Syria Politics and government 2000- / Iraq Politics and government 2003- / Syria Politics and government 21st century. / Iraq Politics and government 21st century. / Iraq. / Middle East. / Syria.
• ISBN: 9780190874872, 0190874872

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DS63.123.H37 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE