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Washington's Long War on Syria is a well-researched and highly readable account of why the United States has launched a major crusade to overthrow the Baathist government in Damascus. Needless to say, the story it tells is completely at odds with the US-sponsored fairy tale about a brutal dictator crushing a democratic protesters, leaving noble Americans no choice but to ride to the rescue. --Dan Lazare, journalist and author

[O]ne has to question why [western politicians] are so intent on removing Assad . . . Stephen Gowans does a good and thorough job providing answers. Washington’s Long War on Syria not only provides a counter-narrative to the popular western version of the Syrian protests, but more importantly, a history and discussion of western intervention rarely heard in western media."" —Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch ""The war over Syria has been, in truth, a fight for control over the global economic and political order—a last, failing stand for a declining American empire to forestall the current shift toward a new global balance of power. Unlike so many hastily-written books on Syria that miss this point, Stephan Gowans' work will prove to be an essential primer on the Syrian conflict for years to come. A must read."" —Sharmine Narwani, journalist, analyst of Mideast geopolitics ""Gowans’ book is a timely and indispensable resource for those seeking to understand recent events in Syria."" —Eva Bartlett, independent Canadian journalist

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Stephen Gowans runs the popular What’s Left webzine. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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