Books by Charles Lister
“This book is a very good way of getting a better idea of how the Islamic State came up—first as Al Qaeda in Iraq, then as the Islamic State in Iraq and then as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and then the Islamic State without any additions. They now consider themselves a movement which has no geographic restrictions.” Read more...
The best books on The Syrian Civil War
Nikolaos van Dam, Diplomats & Former Diplomat
Interviews where books by Charles Lister were recommended
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Sectarianism in Syria's Civil War
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Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad
by David Lesch -
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The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East
by Christopher Phillips -
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The Syrian Jihad
by Charles Lister -
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The Alawis of Syria: War, Faith and Politics in the Levant
Michael Kerr and Craig Larkin (Eds)
The best books on The Syrian Civil War, recommended by Nikolaos van Dam
The best books on The Syrian Civil War, recommended by Nikolaos van Dam
Few who knew Syria well doubted that the revolution that started in 2011 would lead to a bloodbath. But rather than helping, foreign intervention turned it into an even bigger catastrophe. Syria specialist Nikolaos van Dam recommends books that shed light on Syria’s tragic civil war.
