| Edition |
New edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 289 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Previous edition published 2016. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-284) and index. |
| Contents |
Revolution from above -- Bashaar's first decade -- Revolution from below -- The grassroots -- Militarisation and liberation -- Scorched earth: the rise of the Islamisms -- Dispossession and exile -- Culture revolutionised -- The failure of the elites -- The start of solidarity -- Syria dismantled. |
| Summary |
Burning Country explores the complicated reality of life in present-day Syria. |
| Awards |
Rathbones Folio Prize shortlist, 2017 |
| Subject |
Assad, Bashar, 1965-
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Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
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Syria -- Politics and government -- 2000-
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Syria -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Al-Shami, Leila, author.
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| Added Title |
Syrians in revolution and war |
| ISBN |
9780745337845 (hardback) |
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0745337848 (hardback) |
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9780745337821 (paperback) |
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0745337821 (paperback) |
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