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02842aam a2200469 i 4500 001 BD79D1C8A18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161103010209 008 160523s2016 ctuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016022863 020 $a 030021717X 020 $a 9780300217179 035 $a (OCoLC)945354558 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-sy--- 050 00 $a DS98.6 $b .P5 2016 082 00 $a 956.9104/2 $2 23 084 $a POL037000 $a HIS026000 $a HIS027000 $a POL011000 $a POL037000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Phillips, Christopher $c (Lecturer in international relations of the Middle East), $e author. 245 14 $a The battle for Syria : $b international rivalry in the new Middle East / $c Christopher Phillips. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xiii, 303 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Most accounts of Syria's brutal, long-lasting civil war focus on a domestic contest that began in 2011 and only later drew foreign nations into the escalating violence. Christopher Phillips argues instead that the international dimension was never secondary but that Syria's warwas, from the very start, profoundly influenced by regional factors, particularly the vacuum created by a perceived decline of U.S. power in the Middle East. This precipitated a new regional order in which six external protagonists--the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar--have violently competed for influence, with Syria a key battleground. Drawing on a plethora of original interviews, Phillips constructs a new narrative of Syria's war. Without absolving the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime, the author untangles the key external factors which explain the acceleration and endurance of the conflict, including the West's strategy against ISIS. He concludes with some insights on Syria and the region's future"-- $c Provided by publisher. 611 27 $a Civil War (Syria : 2011- ) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907471 651 0 $a Syria $x History $y Civil War, 2011- 650 0 $a World politics. 650 7 $a HISTORY $x 21st Century. $x 21st Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $z Middle East $x General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $x General. $x General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x General. $x General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x Terrorism. $x Terrorism. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a World politics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01181381 651 7 $a Syria. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208757 648 7 $a 2011 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211030048.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190605012606.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BD79D1C8A18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search