Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ix
5. PROLOGUE Humanity’s Orphans 1
6. 1 ARAB SPRING 8
7. 2 REGIONAL SOLUTIONS? 40
8. 3 LAST CHANCE FOR PEACE 60
9. 4 SYRIAN WINTER 93
10. 5 RED LINE 122
11. 6 DEATH AND DIPLOMACY 148
12. 7 RISE OF THE CALIPHATE 176
13. 8 BETWEEN BARREL BOMBS AND BEHEADINGS 199
14. 9 EXODUS 226
15. 10 RUSSIAN INTERVENTION 236
16. 11 MELTDOWN OF HUMANITY 257
17. 12 RUSSIA’S ENDGAME 284
18. 13 DE- ESCALATION DOMINOES 314
19. 14 NORTHERN FIRES 337
20. 15 “NO MILITARY SOLUTIONS” AND OTHER ZOMBIES 369
21. EPILOGUE System Failure 383
22. NOTES 393
23. INDEX 449