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Syria’s tragedy unpacked
JOE GILL welcomes a study of the post-colonial disaster that has overwhelmed Syria
Mine clearing by International Mine Action Centre of the Russian Defence Ministry in Aleppo, Syria in 2016
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KENNY MacASKILL is disappointed by a polemical, rather than factual, account of the Lone Star State and its political path since the civil war
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the lives of Charles and Mary Bagot, and the insight this biography shines on the morals of pre-Victorian society
GORDON PARSONS appreciates fine performances and a feel for ambiguity, but misses the music of the dialogue
DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
Syria Burning
by Charles Glass, Verso, £8.99
THIS reprint of Charles Glass’s 2015 book Syria Burning holds up well eight years on, as the war recedes but the country remains irretrievably broken.
The veteran journalist delves into Syria’s history, assisted by his extensive travels and interviews with Syrians, to help explain the catastrophe that befell the country.
It was already clear when the book was published eight years ago that the early hopes of protesters for a transition to democracy, an end to torture and more freedom had evolved into a brutal civil war pitting Bashar al-Assad’s fearsome intelligence services and military against foreign-funded militants who were waging a sectarian crusade against Syria’s mosaic of religious minorities.
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