Assad

by Con Coughlin

ISBN: 9781529074888

Published: 2023-06-22

A riveting and insightful account of Bashar al-Assad and his tyrannical regime, from bestselling author and journalist Con Coughlin. In Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny, Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East, examines how a mild-mannered ophthalmic surgeon has transformed himself into the tyrannical ruler of a once flourishing country. Until the Arab Spring of 2011, the world's view of Bashar al-Assad was largely benign. He and his wife, a former British banker, were viewed as philanthropic individuals doing their best to keep their country at peace. So much so that a profile of Mrs Assad in Vogue was headlined "The Rose in the Desert." Shortly after the article hit news stands, Syria descended into the horrific civil war that has seen its cities reduced to rubble and thousands murdered and displaced, a civil war that is still raging over a decade later. In this vivid and authoritative account Con Coughlin draws together all the strands of Assad's remarkable...