Operation Caesar: At the Heart of the Syrian Death Machine

ISBN-13: 9781509528141 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 192 str.

Garance Le Caisne

Opis

Never before has such damning evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity been revealed in the midst of a conflict. As civil war raged in Syria, we owe the disclosure of this evidence to one man. He goes under the codename of Caesar.

Recenzje

The winner of the Geschwister Scholl Prize

′The images conjure memories of some of history′s worst atrocities.′
The New York Times

′The Syrian defector known as ′Caesar′ helped expose some of the worst war crimes of our generation.′
The Washington Post

′Shocking evidence of torture out of Assad′s dungeons′
The Guardian

Spis treści

Prologue Locations where the witnesses of this book were detained List of Syrians who bear witness in this book Foreword  Steven Heydeman Preface 1. Revelation. Testimony. Accusation 2. Profession Corpse Photographer 3. The Routine Turns to Horror 4. The Archives of Death 5. Communities and Religions 6. Caught in the Crossfire 7. With the Families of the Disappeared 8. A Duty to Get Out Alive 9. The Failure of Gradual Diplomacy 10. Testimony in Washington Appendices Acknowledgements Select Bibliography

O autorze

Garance Le Caisne is an independent journalist. Having lived in Cairo in the 1990s, she covered the Arab Spring and travels regularly to Syria. Her articles have appeared in publications including Le Journal du Dimanche and L′Obs.