Syria – Hot Spots in Global Politics Abboud Hardback Polity Press 9781509522408

Syria\n\nHot Spots in Global Politics\n\nSamer N. Abboud (Author)\n\n9781509522408, Polity Press\n\nHardback, published 6 July 2018\n\n304 pages\n21.6 x 13.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.482 kg\n\n\""Samer Abboud\u2019s Syria is an indispensable reference on the uprising and brutal conflict that has raged in Syria since 2011. Abboud is masterful in providing an account that is at once accessible, balanced and analytically sophisticated. He explains clearly how a wartime order took hold in Syria after 2011, who its key actors are, their roles in the conflict,and how the likely imposition of an \u2018authoritarian peace\u2019 under the Assad regime is unlikely to deliver either stability or security to a country ravaged by violence.\""\u2014Steven Heydemann, Smith College \n\""This second edition of Abboud\u2019s small classic carries his valuable analysis forward. Bringing together the phases and dimensions of the Syrian conflict in a uniquely convincing and comprehensive way, Abboud explores how the fai]