AKs and Lollipops: Inside The Syrian Conflict Contributor(s): Vipond, Paddy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1910515000 ISBN-13: 9781910515006 Publisher: Bennion Kearny Limited OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | Middle East - General - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern - History | Middle East - General |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.59 lbs) 220 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Since the spring of 2011, Syria has been a country intent on destroying itself. What began as peaceful demonstrations, against the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad, soon became a national uprising to overthrow the dictator. With millions displaced, and hundreds of thousands dead, it is a humanitarian disaster on a scale the world has not seen in decades. In the midst of this turmoil, Paddy Vipond, a young British volunteer, ventured across the border from Turkey to see the situation for himself, and to help those that were suffering. This honest and insightful account of the short time he spent in Syria is a thought-provoking and candid look at a world many of us have turned our backs on. Armed with nothing but a pen and paper, and in the company of a man he had met the day before, Paddy embarked on a journey that would change his life forever. Detailing remarkable stories, and written with warmth and humour, AKs and Lollipops places us alongside Paddy as he parties with Free Syrian Army soldiers, rides tanks with northern rebels, and gets bombed by Assad's military. From his initial illegal entry into the country, right up to his final encounter with ISIS, Paddy paints a picture which is truly impossible to ignore. |