HSPLS site	Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   My Account   Databases   HI Newspaper   eBooks/Audiobooks   Learning   PC Reservation   Reading Program

Basic Advanced Power History

Search:  Title BrowseAuthor BrowseSubject BrowseBest Seller BrowseMusic Title BrowseVideo/DVD Title BrowseJournal/Newspaper Title BrowseSerial Title BrowseSeries Browse (includes Bestseller List)General KeywordTitle KeywordAuthor KeywordSubject KeywordName KeywordSeries KeywordScore Title BrowseTalking Book Title BrowseAwards Note BrowseBib No.Barcode       Refine Search     > You're searching: HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Warrick, Joby, author.     Subjects     IS (Organization)     Chemical weapons -- Syria.     Chemical weapons disposal -- Syria.     Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States.     Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Atrocities.     Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Participation, Russian.     United States -- Foreign relations -- Syria.     Syria -- Foreign relations -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Warrick, Joby, author.       by title:      Red line : the unrav...         MARC Display

Red line : the unraveling of Syria and America's race to destroy the most dangerous arsenal in the world / Joby Warrick. by Warrick, Joby, author. New York : Doubleday, [2021] Subjects IS (Organization)   Chemical weapons -- Syria.   Chemical weapons disposal -- Syria.   Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States.   Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Atrocities.   Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Participation, Russian.   United States -- Foreign relations -- Syria.   Syria -- Foreign relations -- United States. ISBN:  9780385544467 (hardcover) : 0385544464 (hardcover) : Description:  xv, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags, the harrowing story of America's mission in Syria: to find and destroy Syria's chemical weapons and defeat ISIS--only to lose control of both 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, President Obama warned that any such use would cross "a red line," warranting an American military response. When a year later Assad bombed the Damascus suburb of Ghouta with sarin gas, killing hundreds, Obama was torn between living up to America's word and becoming mired in another unpopular Middle Eastern war. So when Russia offered to store Syria's chemical weapons, Obama leaped at the out. So begins a race to find, remove, and destroy 1,300 tons of chemical weapons in the middle of Syria's civil war. Told in harrowing detail, the effort is a tactical triumph for the Americans, but soon Russia's long game becomes clear: it has UN cover to assist a close ally, Assad. As the Russians block attempts to check for chemical weapons that might have been missed, American realizes that ISIS seeks to secure them for itself. Red Line is a classic Joby Warrick true-life thriller: a character-driven narrative with a cast of heroes and villains, including weapons hunters, politicians, commandos, diplomats, and spies. Through original reporting and eyewitness accounts from direct participants, Joby Warrick reveals how a well-intentioned effort to save Syrian lives touched off a chain of events that would rescue a dictator, sustain a terrorist movement, unleash torrents of refugees, humiliate two U.S. presidents, and empower Russia and Iran"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 956.91042 Wa Checked In Add Copy to MyList

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.