Quicksilver War: Syria, Iraq and the Spiral of Conflict

by William Harris

Book Overview

Quicksilver War is a panoramic political history of the wars that coursed through Syria and Iraq in the wake of the 'Arab Spring' and eventually merged to become a regional catastrophe: a kaleidoscopic and constantly shifting conflict involving many different parties and phases. William Harris distils the highly complex dynamics behind the conflict, starting with the brutalizing Baathist regimes in Damascus and Baghdad. He charts the malignant consequences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190874872
• ISBN13: 9780190874872
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"