Frontline Syria: From Revolution to Proxy War

by David L. Phillips

When the Syrian regime used sarin and other chemical weapons against dissidents in August 2013, an estimated 1729 people were killed including 400 children. President Barack Obama warned that the use of chemical weapons would constitute a "red line", but he refused to take military action. Trump's approach has been even more disengaged and lacking in clarity.

Frontline Syria highlights America's failure to prevent conflict escalation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755602560
• ISBN13: 9780755602568
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"