Details

Subject(s)

• Peace-building—International cooperation [Browse]
• Syria—History—Civil War, 2011- [Browse]

Editor

• Hashemi, Nader, 1966- [Browse]
• Postel, Danny [Browse]

Series

• Boston review book. [More in this series]
• A Boston Review Book

Summary note

"The United States is on the brink of intervention in Syria, but the effect of any eventual American action is impossible to predict. The Syrian conflict has killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions, yet most observers warn that the worst is still to come. And the international community cannot agree how respond to this humanitarian catastrophe. World leaders have repeatedly resolved not to let atrocities happen in plain view, but the legacy of the bloody and costly intervention in Iraq has left policymakers with little appetite for more military operations. So we find ourselves in the grip of a double burden: the urge to stop the bleeding in Syria, and the fear that attempting to do so would be Iraq redux. What should be done about the apparently intractable Syrian conflict? This book focuses on the ethical and political dilemmas at the heart of the debate about Syria and the possibility of humanitarian intervention in today's world. The contributors--Syria experts, international relations theorists, human rights activists, and scholars of humanitarian intervention--don't always agree, but together they represent the best political thinking on the issue."--Publisher's description.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Contents; Introduction; Why Syria Matters; The Syria Dilemma; Syria Is Not Iraq; Why There Is No Military Solution to the Syrian Conflict; Bosnia and Syria; What Should Be Done About the Syrian Tragedy?; Anxiously Anticipating a New Dawn; Syria Is Not a Problem from Hell-But If We Don't Act Quickly, It Will Be; Supporting Unarmed Civil Insurrection in Syria; A Syrian Case for Humanitarian Intervention; Syria: The Case for Staggered Decapitation; A Humanitarian Strategy Focused on Syrian Civilians; How to Ease Syrian Suffering; The Last Thing Syrians Need Is More Arms Going to Either Side
• Syria Is MeltingShopping Option C for Syria; The Price of Inaction in Syria; With or Without Us; The Dangerous Price of Ignoring Syria; Syria, Savagery, and Self-Determination; From Dayton to Damascus; Better Assad Than the Islamists?; About the Contributors; Notes; Acknowledgments; Credits; Boston Review Books

ISBN

• 0-262-31732-X
• 0-262-31733-8

OCLC

857969010

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