Burning country
Subtitle: Syrians in revolution and war
By: Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami
Contributors: Al-Shami, Leila, author
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780745336275; 9780745336220
Subjects: Politics and government; History
Description: 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. -- from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-257) and index.
Table of contents: title: Revolution from above; title: Bashaar's first decade; title: Revolution from below; title: The grassroots; title: Militarisation and liberation; title: Scorched earth : the rise of the Islamisms; title: Dispossession and exile; title: Culture revolutionised; title: The failure of the elites; title: The start of solidarity; title: Epilogue : October 2015.