{"product_id":"assad-or-we-burn-the-country-how-one-familys-lust-for-power-destroyed-syria-paperback","title":"Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Dagher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanitarian disaster.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army commander, Manaf Tlass, for advice about how to respond to Arab Spring-inspired protests. Tlass pushed for conciliation but Assad decided to crush the uprising -- an act which would catapult the country into an eight-year long war, killing almost half a million and fueling terrorism and a global refugee crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAssad or We Burn the Country\u003c\/em\u003e examines Syria's tragedy through the generational saga of the Assad and Tlass families, once deeply intertwined and now estranged in Bashar's bloody quest to preserve his father's inheritance. By drawing on his own reporting experience in Damascus and exclusive interviews with Tlass, Dagher takes readers within palace walls to reveal the family behind the destruction of a country and the chaos of an entire region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDagher shows how one of the world's most vicious police states came to be and explains how a regional conflict extended globally, engulfing the Middle East and pitting the United States and Russia against one another. Timely, propulsive, and expertly reported, \u003cem\u003eAssad or We Burn the Country\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive account of this global crisis, going far beyond the news story that has dominated headlines for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Dagher\u003c\/b\u003e has reported in the Middle East for more than fifteen years, most recently for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the only non-Syrian reporter for a major Western media outlet based in Damascus from 2012 to 2014, a period during which he was arrested by a pro-Assad militia and briefly held in an underground \u003ci\u003emukhabarat\u003c\/i\u003e (secret police) prison. He was later expelled from Syria for reporting deemed unfavorable to the regime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He has worked for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAgence France Presse\u003c\/i\u003e, and has covered the conflict in Iraq, the Arab Spring uprisings, and Libya. The \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e nominated Dagher's work from Syria for the Pulitzer Prize and other journalism awards.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978453025069,"sku":"9780316556736","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/UnhiM2FEc3BnME03bVovN3BFRUYzZz09.webp?v=1775805246","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/assad-or-we-burn-the-country-how-one-familys-lust-for-power-destroyed-syria-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}