Syria: Descent Into The Abyss: An Unforgettable Anthology Of Contemporary Reportage
by Robert Fisk /
2015 / English / EPUB
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This remarkable anthology of reportage chronicles more than three
years of spiralling violence and despair in Syria: atrocity heaped
upon atrocity, misery upon misery, and all - so far - to no avail.
No faction is without blood on its hands; no crime, from torture to
poison gas , has been deemed taboo. The dead are too numerous to
count : the UN mid-2014 figure of 190,000 is one of the more
conservative estimates. As for the living, close to 3 million
refugees have fled Syria, with millions more internally displaced.
How did we come to this? There is no better way to answer this
question than to revisit The Independent's published accounts of
the unfolding tragedy. Spearheaded by peerless and profoundly
experienced correspondents such as Patrick Cockburn, Robert Fisk,
Kim Sengupta, our coverage has led the world in its fearlessness
and insight. Syria's tragedy is not yet over . Perhaps it has not
even reached its final act. One day, however, historians will ask
themselves how an ancient and proud civilisation was reduced to
ruins, a century-old regional settlement reduced to irrelevance and
a generation of innocent civilians condemned to live in a vicious,
desolate war-zone. When they do so, the testimony and analysis in
this volume could provide a valuable starting-point.
This remarkable anthology of reportage chronicles more than three
years of spiralling violence and despair in Syria: atrocity heaped
upon atrocity, misery upon misery, and all - so far - to no avail.
No faction is without blood on its hands; no crime, from torture to
poison gas , has been deemed taboo. The dead are too numerous to
count : the UN mid-2014 figure of 190,000 is one of the more
conservative estimates. As for the living, close to 3 million
refugees have fled Syria, with millions more internally displaced.
How did we come to this? There is no better way to answer this
question than to revisit The Independent's published accounts of
the unfolding tragedy. Spearheaded by peerless and profoundly
experienced correspondents such as Patrick Cockburn, Robert Fisk,
Kim Sengupta, our coverage has led the world in its fearlessness
and insight. Syria's tragedy is not yet over . Perhaps it has not
even reached its final act. One day, however, historians will ask
themselves how an ancient and proud civilisation was reduced to
ruins, a century-old regional settlement reduced to irrelevance and
a generation of innocent civilians condemned to live in a vicious,
desolate war-zone. When they do so, the testimony and analysis in
this volume could provide a valuable starting-point.