Revolt in Syria : Eye-witness to the Uprising

• Autore: Starr Stephen
• Pubblicazione: Hurst, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (162 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.9104/2; 956.91042
• Soggetto topico: Journalists -- Syria -- Biography; Political violence -- Syria -- History -- 21st century; Protest movements -- Syria -- History -- 21st century; Starr, Stephen -- Travel -- Syria; Syria -- Politics and government -- 2000-; Syria -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Maps; Prologue; Introduction; I Damascus: Dragged Towards Revolt; II The Minorities and Syria's Revolt; III Lies, Half-truths and Videos: the Media and the Uprising; IV The Gap Between State and Society; V Revolution Through the Eyes of the Rich and Poor; VI The Uprising and Syria's Youth; VII Being a Foreigner, a Resident and a Journalist in the Revolt; VIII History, Blame and Responsibility; Acknowledgements; Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In January 2011 President Bashar al-Assad told the Wall Street Journal that Syria was ""stable"" and immune from revolt. In the months that followed, and as regimes fell in Egypt and Tunisia, thousands of Syrians took to the streets calling for freedom, with many dying at the hands of the regime. In Revolt in Syria: Eye-Witness to the Uprising, Stephen Starr delves deep into the lives of Syrians whose destiny has been shaped by the state for almost fifty years. In conversations with people from all strata of Syrian society, Starr draws together and makes sense of perspectives illustrating why
• Altri titoli varianti: Revolt in Syria
• Titolo autorizzato: Revolt in Syria
• ISBN: 1-84904-441-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910158657803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II