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" Quicksilver War : "
William Harris.
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BL
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873382
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Harris, William W.
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Quicksilver War : : Syria, Iraq and the Spiral of Conflict /\ William Harris.
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Oxford ;New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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xxii, 230 pages :: maps ;; 23 cm
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0190874872
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: 9780190874872
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215) and index.
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The war zone takes shape, 2011-2014 -- War in Syria and Iraq, 2014-2017 -- The Kurds at war, 2014-2017 -- Turkey and the war zone.
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"'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 brutalising Ba'athist regimes in Damascus and Baghdad. He charts the malignant consequences of incompetent US occupation of Iraq and Bashar al-Assad's self-righteous mismanagement of Syria, through the implosion of Syria, and the emergence of eastern and western theatres of war focused respectively on future control of Syria and the challenge of ISIS. Beyond the immediate arena of conflict, geopolitical riptides have also been set in motion, including Turkey's embroilment in the war and the shifting circumstances of the Kurds. This history addresses urgent questions for our time."--Front jacket flap.
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Arab Spring, 2010-
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15.75 history of Asia.
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15.75 history of Asia.
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Arabischer Frühling
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Bürgerkrieg in Syrien
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Diplomatic relations.
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Politics and government.
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Politischer Konflikt
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Iraq, Politics and government, 2003-
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Iraq, Politics and government, 21st century.
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Middle East, Foreign relations.
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Middle East, Politics and government, 21st century.
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Syria, Politics and government, 2000-
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Syria, Politics and government, 21st century.
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Irak
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Iraq.
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Iraq.
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Middle East.
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Syria.
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Syria.
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Syrien
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| Dewey Classification
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909/.0974927
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909/.097492708312
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DS63.123.H37 2018
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| Parallel Title
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Syria, Iraq and the spiral of conflict
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