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An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria
Lawrence Hill Books
September 2011
On Sale: September 1, 2011
290 pages
ISBN: 1569768439
EAN: 9781569768433
Kindle: B005M5H29A
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Non-Fiction
A key player and an unrelenting obstacle in the Middle East
peace process, Syria has long been a thorn in Washington's
side when it comes to forging strategic alliances with
powers in the region. But only after the events of 9/11 and
Damascus's staunch opposition to the War in Iraq did the
U.S. government begin a campaign to pressure President
Bashar al-Asad's regime to change its policies and bring
Syria into the Western political orbit. Author Andrew Tabler was both a witness to and participant
in the events of this covert conflict. No other Western
journalists or academics were based in Damascus during this
entire period, and as co-founder of what was then Syria's
only English-language publication, Tabler was not only
watched and censored, but courted by the Syrian government
in an attempt to influence his stories to the international
community. He gained unique access to the upper echelons of
power like no other journalist before him, even accompanying
the Syrian president on a state visit to China. In the Lion's Den provides a rare glimpse into the
machinations of one of the world's most baffling political
systems. The book vividly captures Tabler's
behind-the-scenes experiences as well as the story of Syria
itself post-9/11 and Washington's attempts to craft a "New
Middle East." Tabler's astute political analysis of the
goings-on around him is seamlessly interwoven with a
devastating critique of U.S. foreign policy. He examines the
effects of the the Bush administration's strategy, asking
what went wrong, what went right, and where Washington needs
to go from here to deal with this volatile Middle Eastern
country.
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