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Important compelling and detailed a superb analysis of the Wests policy missteps and the tragic consequences of them General David Petraeus

In Assad The Triumph of Tyranny Con Coughlin veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and author of Saddam The Secret Life examines how a mildmannered ophthalmic surgeon has transformed himself into the tyrannical ruler of a once flourishing country

Until the Arab Spring of 2011 the worlds view of Bashar alAssad 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 American Vogue was headlined The Rose in the Desert Shortly after it appeared 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 Assads remarkable story revealing precisely how a young doctor ensured not only that he inherited the presidency from his father but has held on to power by whatever means necessary continuing to preside over one of the most brutal regimes of modern times