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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810668903321

Autore

Ajami Fouad

Titolo

The Syrian rebellion / / Fouad Ajami

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2012

ISBN

0-8179-1506-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 624

Disciplina

956.9104/2

Soggetti

Political violence - Syria - History - 21st century

Protest movements - Syria - History - 21st century

Syria History Protests, 2011-

Syria Politics and government 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order"--Title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue : the inheritor -- Come the mountain people -- The time of the founder -- False dawn -- The boys of Deraa -- The phantoms of Hama -- The truth of the sects -- Sarajevo on the Orontes -- The stalemate -- Dreaming of home : a note on the exiles -- Fragments of a past mourned and dreaded.

Sommario/riassunto

Fouad Ajami offers a detailed historical perspective on the current rebellion in Syria. Focusing on the similarities and differences in skills between former dictator Hafez al-Assad and his successor son, Bashar, Ajami explains how an irresistible force clashed with an immovable object: the regime versus people who conquered fear to challenge a despot of unspeakable cruelty.