Red line : the unravelling of Syria and the race to destroy the most dangerous arsenal in the world
Warrick, Joby2021
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In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. Concerned that Assad might resort to chemical weapons, the international community warned that any such use would cross 'a red line', warranting a military response. When a year later Assad bombed the Damascus suburb of Ghouta with sarin gas, killing hundreds, global leaders were torn between living up to their word and becoming mired in another unpopular Middle Eastern war. So when Russia offered to store Syria's chemical weapons, the world leaped at the solution. So begins a race to find, remove, and destroy 1,300 tons of chemical weapons in the middle of Syria's civil war.
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Author:
Warrick, Joby, author
Imprint:
London : Black Swan, 2021.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784165864 (pbk)
Dewey class:
956.910423956.9104956.91
LC class:
DS98.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2999875
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