Assad or we burn the country : how one family's lust for power destroyed Syria
Dagher, Sam2019
Books, Manuscripts
In spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army commander, Manaf Tlass, for advice about how to respond to Arab Spring-inspired protests. Tlass pushed for conciliation but Assad decided to crush the uprising - an act which would catapult the country into an eight-year long war, killing almost half a million and fueling terrorism and a global refugee crisis. This book examines Syria's tragedy through the generational saga of the Assad and Tlass families, once deeply intertwined and now estranged in Bashar's bloody quest to preserve his father's inheritance. By drawing on his own reporting experience in Damascus and exclusive interviews with Tlass, Dagher takes readers within palace walls to reveal the family behind the destruction of a country and the chaos of an entire region.
Main title:
Author:
Dagher, Sam, author
Imprint:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Collation:
592 pages ; 24 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780316556729 (hbk)
Dewey class:
956.910423956.9104
LC class:
DS98.6
Language:
English
BRN:
2559165