Operation Caesar : at the heart of the Syrian death machine / Garance Le Caisne ; translated by David Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Caisne, Garance, author.

Contributor:

Watson, David, 1959- translator.

Standardized Title:

Opération César. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

History.

Political violence.

Prisoners of war--Abuse of.

Torture.

War crimes.

Atrocities.

Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Atrocities.

Syria.

War crimes--Syria--History--21st century.

Torture--Syria--History--21st century.

Prisoners of war--Abuse of--Syria--History--21st century.

Prisoners of war.

Political violence--Syria--History--21st century.

Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Personal narratives.

Genre:

History.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 176 pages : color illustrations, maps, plates ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Locations where the witnesses of this book were detained

List of Syrians who bear witness in this book

Foreword / Steven Heydeman

Revelation, testimony, accusation

Profession corpse photographer

The routine turns to horror

The archives of death

Communities and religions

Caught in the crossfire

With the families of the disappeared

A duty to get out alive

The failure of gradual diplomacy

Testimony in washington.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Le Caisne, Garance. Operation Caesar.

ISBN:

9781509528141

1509528148

9781509528158

1509528156

OCLC:

1004254829