War in the Age of Trump: The Defeat of Isis, the Fall of the Kurds, the Conflict with Iran

The Middle East is in the midst of a crisis, with the recapture of Mosul in 2017, Turkey's attack on Kurdish territory in November 2019, and the assassination of Iranian General Sulemani. Patrick Cockburn offers panoramic on-the-ground analysis and a lifetime's study of the region, showing how Trump's policies have emboldened the other superpowers involved in the proxy wars.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 07 July 2020
Publisher: Verso Books

In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East. Here he charts the period from the recapture of Mosul in 2017 to Turkey's attack on Kurdish territory in November 2019, and recounts the new phase in the wars of disintegration that have plagued the region, leading to the assassination of Iranian General Sulemani. Cockburn offers panoramic on-the-ground analysis as well as a lifetime's study of the region. As the author of The Rise of Islamic State and the Age of Jihad, he has proven to be a leading, critical commentator of US intervention and the chaos it has wrecked. And here he shows how, since Trump entered the White House promising an end to the Forever War, peace appears a distant possibility with the continuation of conflict in Syria, Saudi Arabia's violent intervention in the Yemen, the fall of the Kurds, riots in Baghdad, and the continued aggression towards Iran. While ISIS has been defeated, it is not clear whether it has disappeared from the region. Trump's policies have appeared to pour petrol on the flames, emboldening the other superpowers involved in the proxy wars. Following the collapse of the deal with Iran, and the threat of war crimes, is a new balance of power possible?

In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East. Here he charts the period from the recapture of Mosul in 2017 to Turkey's attack on Kurdish territory in November 2019, and recounts the new phase in the wars of disintegration that have plagued the region, leading to the assassination of Iranian General Sulemani. Cockburn offers panoramic on-the-ground analysis as well as a lifetime's study of the region. As the author of The Rise of Islamic State and the Age of Jihad, he has proven to be a leading, critical commentator of US intervention and the chaos it has wrecked. And here he shows how, since Trump entered the White House promising an end to the Forever War, peace appears a distant possibility with the continuation of conflict in Syria, Saudi Arabia's violent intervention in the Yemen, the fall of the Kurds, riots in Baghdad, and the continued aggression towards Iran. While ISIS has been defeated, it is not clear whether it has disappeared from the region. Trump's policies have appeared to pour petrol on the flames, emboldening the other superpowers involved in the proxy wars. Following the collapse of the deal with Iran, and the threat of war crimes, is a new balance of power possible?

Weight: 498g
Dimension: 161 x 240 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839760402