TY - BOOK AU - Darke,Diana TI - My house in Damascus: an inside view of the Syrian Revolution SN - 9781908323644 (pbk.) AV - 432 DS 98.6 D219m 2014 U1 - 956.91042 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Haus Publishing KW - Darke, Diana. KW - Syria KW - History KW - Civil War, 2011- KW - Personal narratives N1 - Machine generated contents note: 1. Worlds of Conflict and Harmony -- 2. Unescorted -- 3. Escorted -- 4. Nobody's Poodle -- 5. Into the Unknown -- 6. The Dead Auntie -- 7. Insurance Against Fate? -- 8. Revelations -- 9. Friends and Brides -- 10. The Donkey Between Two Carrots -- 11. The Law and Educational Corruption -- 12.Completion and the Caretaker -- 13. No Return -- 14. Monasteries and Desperation -- 15. Thugs and Tamerlane -- 16. The Triumph of Asabiyya -- 17. Future Imperfect and Perfect N2 - How did Syria's revolution lose its way? 'My House in Damascus' illuminates the darker recesses not just of Syria's history and politics, but also of its society and secrets. Diana Dark's firsthand experience of Syria's many diverse communities explains why Syria was always a special case and why the Assad regime was never likely to collapse ER -