Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect by Erlich, Reese

Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781616149482)

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Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect by Erlich, Reese

Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect

$25.00
Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect by Erlich, Reese

Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect

$25.00
Format: Hardcover
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Based on firsthand reporting from Syria and throughout the Middle East, Inside Syriaunravels the complex dynamics underlying the Syrian Civil War. Through vivid, on-the-ground accounts and interviews with rebel leaders, regime supporters, and Syrian president Bashar al-Assad himself, veteran journalist Reese Erlichgives the reader a better understanding of this momentous power struggle and why it matters.Through his many contacts inside Syria, the author reveals who is supporting Assad and why; he describes the agendas of the rebel factions; and he depicts in stark terms the dire plight of many ordinary Syrian people caught in the cross-fire. The book also provides insights into the role of the Kurds, the continuing influence of Iran, and the policies of American leaders who seem interested only in protecting US regional interests.Disturbing and enlightening at once, this timely book shows you not only what is happening inside Syria but why it is so important for the Middle East, the US, and the worl

Author: Reese Erlich
ISBN-10: 1616149485
ISBN-13: 9781616149482
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Language: English
Published: 10/07/2014
Pages: 313
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/28/2014
Library Journal 09/15/2014 pg. 94
By Reese Erlich
By Reese Erlich
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Reese Erlich (Oakland, CA) is an award-winning journalist and the author of four books on foreign policy. A full-time freelance journalist and special correspondent, he recently reported for both CBS Radio and GlobalPost from the Kurdish Region of Iraq, interviewing Yazidis and Kurdish peshmerga and analyzing the US bombing campaign. Erlich also reports regularly for National Public Radio and Radio Deutsche Welle. His articles on the Middle East have appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic Online, and Vanity Fair Online. In 2012, the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California, gave Erlich an Explanatory Journalism Award for his radio documentary titled "Inside the Syrian Uprising." In 2006 he shared a prestigious Peabody Award. For more information visit www.ReeseErlich.com.

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