No Turning Back Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria

New York Times Notable Books of 2018Financial Times Book of the YearAward-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid presents reportage of unprecedented scope in this engaging, character-driven investigation that exposes the secret dealings that armed and betrayed an uprising.Taking readers deep into Assad's prisons, to clandestine meetings and to the highest levels of Islamic militancy, Abouzeid dissects the tangle of ideologies and allegiances that make up the Syrian conflict, and lays bare the tragedy of the Syrian War through the stories of those seeking safety and freedom in a shattered country.Based on more than five years of frontline reporting, No Turning Back is an utterly engrossing human drama that shows how hope can flourish even amid one of the twenty-first century's greatest humanitarian disasters.

Product details

• Authors: Rania Abouzeid
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.01.2019
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781786075154
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-515-4
• Pages: 378
• Dimensions (packing): 12.7 x 19.8 x 2.9 cm
• Subjects: Syrien, 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2100 n. Chr.), Nahost, Politik und Staat, HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Syria, Naher Osten - Nahost, Englische Bücher / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte, Syrien / Geschichte, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Politics & government, Politics and government, Middle Eastern history, c 2010 to c 2019