| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 458 pages) maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Prologue: Humanity's Orphans -- Arab Spring -- Regional Solutions? -- Last Chance for Peace -- Syrian Winter -- Red Line -- Death and Diplomacy -- Rise of the Caliphate -- Between Barrel Bombs and Beheadings -- Exodus -- Russian Intervention -- Meltdown of Humanity -- Russia's Endgame -- De-escalation Dominoes -- Northern Fires -- "No Military Solutions" and Other Zombies -- Epilogue: System Failure |
| Summary |
"The suffering of Syria's civilians, caught between the government's barrel bombs and chemical weapons and religious fanatics' beheadings and mass killings, shocked the world. Yet despite international law and political commitments proclaiming a responsibility to protect civilians from mass atrocities, world actors stood aside as Syria burned. Again and again, neighboring states, global powers, and the United Nations opted for half-measures or made counterproductive choices that caused even more harm. Alex J. Bellamy provides a forensic account of the world's failure to protect Syrian civilians from mass atrocities. Drawing on interviews with key players, documents from the United Nations and other international organizations, and sources from the Middle East and beyond, he traces the missteps of the international response to Syria's civil war. Bellamy systematically examines the various peace processes and the reasons they failed, highlighting potential alternative paths that could have been taken. He details how and why key actors prioritized their own national interest, geopolitical standing, regional stability, local rivalries, counterterrorism goals, or domestic politics-anything other than the welfare of Syrians. Some governments settled on unrealistic strategies founded on misguided assumptions while others pursued naked ambition; the United Nations descended into irrelevance and even complicity. Shedding new light on the decisions that led to a vast calamity, Syria Betrayed also draws out lessons for more effective responses to future civil conflicts"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
War crimes -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
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Political violence -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
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Civilian war casualties -- Syria.
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War victims -- Syria.
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Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Atrocities.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Middle Eastern. |
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Civilian war casualties |
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Political violence |
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War crimes |
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War victims |
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Syria https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRrbPWVQ3tvhM9q9jX7B |
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Syrian Civil War (Syria : 2011-) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9BhCjQhKXRtq6xRpX |
| Chronological Term |
Since 2000 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bellamy, Alex J., 1975- Syria betrayed. New York : Columbia University Press, [2022] 9780231192965 (DLC) 2021058087 (OCoLC)1286313421 |
| ISBN |
9780231550086 electronic book |
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0231550081 electronic book |
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9780231192965 hardcover |
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