The Battle For Syria

Posted on 04 May 2017 by Christopher Phillips

An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria s ongoing civil war Most accounts of Syria s brutal, long lasting civil war focus on a domestic contest that began in 2011 and only later drew foreign nations into the escalating violence Christopher Phillips argues instead that the international dimension was never secondary but that Syria s war was, from the very start, profoundly influenced by regional factors, particularly the vacuum created by a perceived decline of U.S power in the Middle East This precipitated a new regional order in which six external protagonists the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar have violently competed for influence, with Syria a key battleground Drawing on a plethora of original interviews, Phillips constructs a new narrative of Syria s war Without absolving the brutal Bashar al Assad regime, the author untangles the key external factors which explain the acceleration and endurance of the conflict, including the West s strategy against ISIS He concludes with some insights on Syria and the region s future. New Read Kindle ePUB The Battle For Syria by Christopher Phillips – kino-fada.fr The ongoing civil war in Syria is easily one of the most volatile foreign policy challenges facing the next president Christopher Phillips new book, The Battle for Syria , is a timely look at the conflict The Battle for Syria is primarily about the international dimensions of the Syrian civil war Although Phillips does provide some historical background on Syria, particularly the Assad regime, this is primarily a book about how regional actors have influenced and responded to events in the The ongoing civil war in Syria is easily one of the most volatile foreign policy challenges facing the next president Christopher Phillips new book, The Battle for Syria , is a timely look at the conflict The Battle for Syria is primarily about the international dimensions of the Syrian civil war Although Phillips does provide some historical background on Syria, particularly the Assad regime, this is primarily a book about how regional actors have influenced and responded to events in the country He focuses on the US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Qatar, and Turkey, with occasional references to Israel, Lebanon, France and Great Britain Phillips does an ...It is a very good look into the Syrian conflict, but what really got me about this book was the fact that the author repeated himself over and over and over and over again That being said this was really good when it came time for me to write a paper in my International Relations class.This is a second book on recent conflicts in the Middle East and a second rather academic book that I ve read in the past couple of months Previously, I read reading the book on Arab Uprisings, and found it to be exhaustingfocused on the author and his adventures than on the conflict, and with too many on the street interviews that are painful simplistic and hard to read The other book that I mentioned happens to be Algeria France s Undeclared War, and it was a lot better if somewha This is a second book on recent conflicts in the Middle East and a second rather academic book that I ve read in the past couple of months Previously, I read reading the book on Arab Uprisings, and found it to be exhaustingfocused on the author and his adventures than on the conflict, and with too many on the street interviews that are painful simplistic and hard to read The other book that I mentioned happens to be Algeria France s Undeclared War, and it was a lot better if somewhat slow.This book is the blend of these two works in that it touches on the recent developments in the Middle East, the Syrian civil war to bespecific, and it s also written with a rather academic approach that takes a while to chew Not bad but not really relatable in any way, and too thin on the fine detail that makes the stories compelling.That said, it s not bad You get a relatively balance...The Syrian civil war is now in its fifth year, and despite the Russian intervention i 2015 it is a stalemate A central reason for this is related to factors external to Syria, both early on in the conflict and throughout those five years since the beginning Christopher Phillips contends that the conflict cannot be fully understood without the international dimension and gives these factors acentral role than internal f...The book provides a valuable insight into the dynamics of a the Syrian civil war Although Phillips described it as being the greatest humanitarian catastrophe of the twenty first century , he does not dwell deeply into the bloodshed and the horrors of the war Rather, he tries to unravel the larger scope , internal policies and international play that have come to shape the war as we know it today AThe bookor less represents an objective political descript...Overall, the book explains the roots of the conflict and the impact that each of the major actor had The author is successful in explaining major milestones, breaking points, and other outcomes that would otherwise be confusing for the ...Concise and analytical book even for the laymanOriginally I chose this book because Dr Phillips was my tutor at university and I must say this book does not disappoint it is superbly written, balanced and well d...Concise, non partisan, and straightforward Must read for beginners on Syrian Civil War A sound geo political analysis of the region s current turmoil.Informative well writtenA great introductory book to the Syrian conflict.

04 May 2017

Christopher Phillips