In The Lion's Den; Inside America's Cold War with Asad's Syria

Vast, inscrutable, unpredictable, Syria has traditionally been the toughest nut to crack in the Middle East peace process. After 9/11 and Damascus' opposition to the Iraq, Washington decided it had had enough, and began a quiet campaign against Asad's regime. there were no Western journalists or academics based in Damascus during this period - except for Andrew Tabler. In the Lion's Den tells the unique story of the war no-one knew about as seen from the inside. As Tabler negotiates his way through the labyrinth of Syrian politics, where nothing is as it seems, and no-one says what they mean, we learn how the country works, and how the signature events in Washington's attempts to create a 'New Middle East' - sanctions, meetings